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GOSPEL OF GOD 



AS TAUGHT BY HIS HOLY SON AND 
PROPHET, 

JESUS CHRIST. 



6od is Good, He is Just, He is Perfect 

COMPILED BY ( AUG f ® ^895 

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OF VERSAILLES, MO. 



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THE 



Gospel of God 



AS TAUGHT BY HIS HOLY SON AND 
PROPHET, 

Jesus Christ. 



God is Good, He is Just, He is Perfect. 



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A. D. 1894, 
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KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Table of Contents. 



CHAPTER I. 

Christ's sermon on the mount — Glory and power of God 
—His Hght, life and life of man— The Word— Truth— All born 
of God — All sons and daughters of God — All things made by 
him — Not born of the flesh — Two royal commandments — Are 
tests of all others — Penaltj^ of violating them — Murder, direct 
and indirect — Stealing, direct and indirect — Adultery. 



CHAPTER II. 

Revenge forbidden — God no respecter of persons — God 
is love, and never curses any of his children at any time — 
Sobriety — Usury — Perfection — All on the way to heaven 
under God's care and majesty — Borrowing and lending — Feed 
the hungry, etc. — Swear not — Prayer — Not to pray until rec- 
onciled to brother — God's compassion on poor and ignorant — 
Alms — Lord's prayer — Forgive trespasses — Fasting — Cheer- 
fulness enjoined — God is a spirit — His strength to save us. 



CHAPTER III. 



Covetousness — Contentment — Lay up treasures in 
heaven — Eye must be single unto God — Ye cannot serve God 
and mammon — Parable of the rich man and Lazarus — One in 
hell, the other in heaven — The rich farmer — Labor six days 
and provide for thine own — The Sabbath — Then take no 
covetous thought — Seek heaven first — Great reward in heaven 
for every day of labor — And laborers to have bright crowns — 
The idle to receive stripes in hell to hasten them to heaven. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

Mercy — Judge not, condemn not — Grudge not — For- 
give — The wicked servant— Cast into prison of hell — Do not 
error — No variableness in God — Examine yourselves — Cast 
the beam from thine eye — Seek the kingdom of heaven, ask, 
etc. — God better and more merciful than any man — Hypocrisy 
— Correct wrongs — Pa5^the laborer —lycnd to neighbor — Good 
measure — The golden rule— Not a sparrow shall fall without 
God's perception and help — Hairs of head numbered — Noth- 
ing lost — Rewards of the righteous. 



CHAPTER V. 

Faith without works is dead — Charity the evidence of 
love and mercy — Shall cover many sins — Humility — Take 
low seats at feasts — Call the poor to your feasts — Use hospi- 
tality, but alike to rich and poor — How to act when the rich 
and poor visit you — Ye are convicted by the royal law if you 
have respect to persons — Call none father nor master — Love 
one another — No man hath seen God — God is love, love is 
truth — All variety compared to heaven — Love little children — 
The Father raises the dead, but does not judge them — Neither 
does Christ — They are self-adjudged by their works. 



CHAPTER VI. 

How to be saved — Keep the commandments — The good 
Samaritan — The greatest commandments — Wicked servants 
to be beaten with many stripes — The ignorant with few stripes 
— Are there few saved ? — Narrow way and broad way — All to 
be saved finally — Marriage of the King's son — All that came, 
good and bad, had on wedding garments, except Satan — Not 
the Father's will that they should be lost — Blessings for the 
righteous — Woes for the wicked — God will draw all men to 
him — The good cannot repent for the bad — Christ is the door 
— Bad men cannot enter by other ways — A man cannot get 
religion — It must be by good works, which are treasures in 
heaven. 

CHAPTER VII. 

How to be saved — None good except God— The ten 
commandments — Give to the poor — Danger of riches — Sell 
that thou hast and give to the poor — Nothing impossible with 



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God — Jesus showeth that the publicans and harlots will go to 
heaven before the chief priests and elders — Life more abund- 
ant — Pray against temptation — The Pharisee and the publican 
pray in the temple — Exalt not thyself — Christ called little 
children and blessed them — None shall injure theiiii — Charity 
and selfishness compared — Training of children — Every house 
builded by some man — Heaven and all things of God and are 
his children's — The silver rule — All flesh shall see the salva- 
tion of God — Not a sparrow to fall without his help — All saved 
and nothing to be lost — The flesh profiteth not — The Word is 
life eternal — God draws us to him. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

Repentance, how made — Just persons need no repent- 
ance — He that cometh to the Lord he will not cast out — Tree 
known by its fruits — Go to Christ, all ye that are weary and 
heavy laden — Be of good cheer — If ye do well, ye shall be 
accepted — All sins shall be forgiven, except blaspheming 
against the Holy Ghost — Revile not the gods — A man to reap 
that which he sows — He that damages his neighbor, let him 
make recompense — If he steals a hoe or any other thing, let 
him restore it — Kingdom of God at hand — Blight of sin — Love 
God — Fear Satan — Purify your souls — Humble yourselves — 
The infidel — Least in heaven greater than John the Baptist 
was here — Death, shall come as a snare— The law of sacrifice 
was until John — God requires love, mercy, and charity — 
Rewards to righteous — Three great errors. 



CHAPTER IX. 

The prodigal son — He demanded his portion — Went 
into a far country — Wasted his portion — A famine came — He 
died — Was lost in hell — Was restored to his reason — Repented 
— Arose and went to his Father in heaven— His royal recep- 
tion and feast — That reception and feast spread for all — God's 
great love to his children — He is omnipotent, yet cannot do 
all things at once — His warm invitation to all to come — False 
prophets slander God — The least has the most powerful friend 
in him — God is good — And will draw all men unto him, and 
gather them unto their fathers and mothers, even the wicked, 
in due time, and reward them as their works shall be — God is 
rich and ye are his heirs. 



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CHAPTER X. 

Offenses — Drawing the sword — Forgiveness — Church 
differences — Forgive thy brother as often as he asks it — Who 
is Christ's brother? — Tradition of men, as washing cups and 
pots — Devouring widows' houses — Imposing heavy taxes and 
burdens — Unrighteous decrees — Gather not from the poor to 
scatter to the rich — Marriage and divorce — Adulterous woman 
— No marriages in heaven as in the world — All men, past and 
present, live unto God — Render to Caesar and God their own — 
The widow's mite. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Death — New birth into heaven — Explained to Nicode- 
mus — All shall know the voice of the Son of God— Death 
described— The angels shall appear — Shall take all to the 
judgment bar as soon as dead — Death swallowed up in victory 
— The judgment — Rewards to the righteous and wicked — This 
gospel to be preached so the world will have no cloak for its 
sins — Building house on rock and sand — Christ's poverty in 
this world's goods. 



CHAPTER XII. 



HEAVEN. 

God created it and spread it out — Garnished it — He rul- 
eth it — Many mansions — Each star a mansion — Full of angelic 
life — All good, clean, and beautiful — No marriages, pain, or 
sorrow there — Life is eternal — We will know each other — 
Angels travel and work — Work does not fatigue — All are 
young there — They are children of light, and they shine as the 
sun — They differ in glory, according to their works — Why we 
do not see them here — AH are perfected there as their work 
shall be — God's voice fills the infinite heavens, cheering the 
angels — The mind cannot conceive the good things there — 
A star as bright as the morning star for the good — The sun 
and his planets our heaven — Nothing vile or unclean can 
enter heaven — The angels cannot get unclean — The raiment 
of the angels, peace and contentment. 



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CHAPTER XIII. 

HEIvL AND THE EXILE. 

Hell is a purgatory to remove sins — A school of instruc- 
tion and repentance and cleansing— Sinners cleansed by God's 
love and righteousness, not by fire — The work is done by 
angels — Hell is the sinner's condition — First, second, and 
third divisions of hell — Repentance in hell — Finally each 
arises and goes to God, as they repent, until they all go — 
Necessity for a hell — God's love for sinners the same as a 
mother's love for her child — The land and the sea — Death and 
hell must give up their dead unto God — The angel of hell is 
his servant — The blight of sin after repentance — Falling short 
of the glory of God is eternal punishment. 

THE EXILE. 

Its nature — A matter of choice for some angels — Only 
the very wicked choose it — Blasphemy against the Holy 
Ghost — Such choose the exile — If a man is punished in this 
world, he will not be in the next — Angels in exile have all the 
feasts of heaven, and are contented. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

Christ's ministry — He sends out his disciples to preach 
— They return with joy — Jesus baptized not, but his disciples 
— He goes to the Feast of Tabernacles and preaches — Warned 
that Herod would kill him — Great multitudes hear him preach 
— The transfiguration of Christ to angel form — His glorious 
appearance — What he did during his ministry — He ordains 
his church — Gives St. Peter, his oldest apostle, the keys to 
heaven —Jesus and his disciples go to Jerusalem at the Feast of 
the Passover — They went by Jacob's Well to Bethany — There 
a supper was given them — Mary, the sister of Martha, anoints 
his head and feet against his death and burial — His triumphal 
entry into Jerusalem — He drove the money-changers from the 
temple with a scourge of small plaited ropes — He and his 
apostles eat the Passover — He instituted the sacrament of his 
supper — Washes his disciples' feet — He appoints Judas, and 
commanded him to betray him, and ordered him to do so 
quickly — Poor Judas humbly obeys his Master, and then 
hanged himself for grief. 



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CHAPTER XV. 

Christ's farewell to his disciples — He cried and said, "I 
and my Father are one, but he is greater than I; he is greater 
than all" — All things made known to the disciples — He sends 
them to preach — Love and peace enjoined — Life in heaven — 
He to be cast out from this earth — "Be not troubled" — Ye 
shall live — He will draw all men unto him — The Holy Spirit 
of truth — False prophets — "Judge ye what is right, but err 
not" — Christ is the way — Follow him — God judges no man, nor 
Christ, but the law — Christ came from the Father and goeth 
again to him — "In our Father's house are many mansions" — 
Be not afraid, but cheerful in your tribulations — He promises 
to come again — His prayer for the world and disciples. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

Christ Would not flee — His agony in the garden— His 
arrest — Peter cut off one of Malchus's ears — Christ healed it — 
He that taketh the sword shall perish by the sword — Peter 
denied Christ — Jesus was taken before the high priest — He 
avowed that he was Christ — Had spoken nothing in secret — An 
officer strikes Jesus — Crowing of the cock — Peter wept — Jesus 
taken before Pilate for trial — Judas was so grieved that he 
hanged himself — Jesus was tried first before Pilate, who 
acquitted him — On a demand by the priests, he was sent be- 
fore Herod, who acquitted him — Pilate acquitted him again — 
But, for fear of Caesar, Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified — 
His crucifixion — His resurrection — On the cross he forgives 
his slayers — Committed his mother to John's care — At his 
death angels appear — Also at his resurrection and ascension. 



CHAPTER XVn. 

His ascension to heaven — His commissions to the women 
and disciples — Christ afterwards preaches to the spirits in hell 
— Makes a prison delivery— Conclusion of the whole matter — 
Love God and keep his commandments in thy strength and 
manhood as well as in sickness and old age. 



EXPLANATION. 

I have studiously endeavored to collect all the 
important commandments and promises of God to 
man, out of sacred history, into this work, and so 
arrange them that they be more readily found and 
better understood. 

I have proceeded on the great truths, that God 
is good and merciful, and that there is no evil or 
spite in Him, and that He is the very best friend of 
man, whether they are good or bad ; that hell is not 
a consuming fire, but is a fire of love, repentance, 
and instruction, in which the wicked are purified, 
taught, and prepared for heaven for all they are 
worth or can be made. 

All the verses contained in this book, if not the 
very words of the present record, are strictly so in 
spirit, and are truth. 

Some few will doubt, perhaps, the love and 
goodness of God as shown herein, but they will 
please remember that God is better than any man, 
however good and holy that man may be. There- 
fore doubt not, for all, good and bad, shall finally 
see the salvation of God and heaven, and be re- 
warded according to their works. 

God in His majesty and goodness so loves all 
His children, good and bad, in this world, that He 
has commanded all men and nations not to kill, 
hurt, rob, falsely teach, condemn to hell, or injure 



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them in tlie least; and if they are sick, to visit them ; 
and if in want, to give them the necessaries of life 
without grudging — under the penalty of being cast 
into prison by their transgressions (not of God), and 
there to remain till they pay the last farthing ; then 
they arise and go to their Father in heaven, and are 
rewarded for all good works. 

A man shall reap that which he sows, and 
religion begins at the cradle and ends at the grave. 

Death-bed repentance will not avail a man very 
much, as faith and prayer without works are dead. 
But they are good deeds and help him. 

Ministers of the gospel and good people should 
visit the sick and the dying and comfort them with 
the goodness of God and heaven, for the very wicked 
and disobedient have many more good deeds to 
their credit in heaven than forgetful man can 
remember, and not one of the good deeds shall be 
forgotten by our Father in heaven, but each one of 
them shall be abundantly rewarded, as treasures laid 
up in heaven. 

If a man does not try to keep the command- 
ments of God and Christ, he 'does not believe in 
either of them or love them. It is folly for him to 
think so. Such words as ^' hell fire,'' ** everlasting 
fire," " damnation or hell," ^^destruction," "perish," 
" wrath of God," " bottomless pit," ** eternal pun- 
ishment in hell," are used in this book to warn man 
of the evil and blight of sin. And the word " Me " 
as used by Christ oftentimes means " My Gospel,'' 
and " My Father," " Our Father." Follow His gos- 
pel, for His burden is light and His yoke is easy. 

James A. Spurlock, 

May the \st^ 1895. Versailles, Missouri. 



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CHAPTER I. 

Christ's sermon on the mount — Glory and power of God 
— His light, life and life of man — The Word — Truth — All born 
of God — All sons and daughters of God — All things made by 
him — Not born of the flesh — Two royal commandments— Are 
tests of all others — Penalt)^ of violating them — Murder, direct 
and indirect — Stealing, direct and indirect — Adultery. 

1 Christ and his disciples went up into the 
Mount, and he chose his twelve apostles. 

2 And he spake unto them and the multitudes 
that came to hear him, as man never spake before, 
saying : 

3 God our Father created the starry heavens 
and the earth, and he said. Let there be hght^ and 
there was light. 

4 In the beginning was the Word, and the 
Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

5 The same was in the beginning with God. 

6 All things were made by him, and without 
him not anything was made that was made. 

7 In him there is life everlasting, and there is 
infinite strength in that life. 

8 The life of God is the light of men, and the 
life of men is the light of God. 

9 That light shineth in the darkness of our 
bodies and giveth us life through the will and power 
of God, and we comprehend it not. 

10 We are not born of our own will, nor of the 
flesh, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of 
man, but we are born of God. 

11 Ye are all brethren; ye are all the sons and 
daughters of the true and living God. 

12 He is the Father of all humanity, and loves 



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his children with tender mercy, and has' the highest 
right to govern. 

13 We are all members of his family, and are 
all members of his church, both good and bad. 

14 He raises up the dead and quickens them 
with everlasting life in heaven. 

15 Glory be to God in the highest, peace and 
good-will towards men. 

16 I come not to destroy, but to fulfill the law 
and the prophets. 

17 I come not to seek mine own honor, but 
the honor of our Father in heaven, who sent me. I 
receive not honor from men. 

18 I come not to call the righteous, but sin> 
ners to repentance and knowledge of God. 

19 I am sent to preach the gospel of God, and 
the kingdom of heaven to this world. I came into 
this world to bear witness unto the truth, that ye 
may have life in heaven more abundantly. 

20 In the beginning God gave to man two 
great royal commandments. The first is, 

21 THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD 
THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND 
WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY 
MIND, AND WITH ALL THY STRENGTH. 

22 The second is, THOU SHALT LOVE 
THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF. 

23 On these two great royal commandments 
hang all the law and the prophets, and not a part of 
them. 

24 All other laws are only explanatory of these 
two, and must be compared and tested by them. 

26 Whatsoever is spoken, whatsoever is writ- 
ten, and whatsoever is done in accordance with these 
two commandments is truth. 



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26 And by the exercise or obeying the truth 
ye shall be saved in heaven. 

27 And whatsoever is spoken, whatsoever is 
written, and whatsoever is done not in accordance 
with them is error ; and for willful error, not re- 
pented of, you shall receive condemnation by the 
law. 

28 Whosoever shall, knowingly and of his 
own will, break the least of these commandments, 
and teach men so, shall be called the least in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

29. And whesoever shall do them, and teach 
men so, shall be called great in the kingdom of 
heaven ; for all men, even the very wicked, shall in 
due time be drawn into the kingdom of heaven and 
be rewarded according to their works, but the con- 
dition of the very wicked will be very bad, in mind 
and body. 

30 Ye have heard it said. Thou shalt not kill, 
that thou shalt do no murder, and that whosoever 
shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. 

31 But I say unto you, That whoever shall 
commit murder shall be held guilty of violating all 
the laws of God. 

32 And whosoever shall injure his brother by 
word, act, deed, or evil contrivance shall be in 
danger of hell fire. 

33 Ye are all brethren, and whosoever shall be 
angry with his brother without a cause, or shall say 
to him. Thou fool, or Thou worthless fellow, shall 
be in danger of the judgment. 

34 There are many ways of killing a man and 
of stealing from him. It is not necessary to have a 
club, a dagger, nor a gun to kill him. 



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35 But he may be, and is most frequently, 
killed by tbe slow poison of human oppression : he 
or some member of his family. 

36 One man or combination of men may so 
oppress another, and perhaps his family, that it is 
not possible for him or his family to procure food, 
raiment, and shelter. 

37 Then they hunger first, they sicken next, 
and then die. This is like lying in wait and kill- 
ing the victims, and is murder. 

38 It would be better for a man if a mill-stone 
were first tied about his neck and he cast into the 
sea, than he be guilty of human oppression. 

39 Ye have heard it said, Thou shalt not steal, 
nor defraud. 

40 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall 
deprive his brother or his neighbor of his liberty, 
his labor, his lands, his house, his property, or just 
rights, by any species of fraud, cunning, or deceit, 
gambling, lying, cheating, usury, or unjust taxes, or 
contrivance or combination of men, stands convicted 
by the law of stealing and defrauding. 

41 The only way to repent of stealing is to 
make recompense to the injured party in this life, 
or pay the last farthing in the prison of hell. 

42 Ye have heard it said. Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery. But I say unto you, Whosoever look- 
eth on a woman to lust after her and encompass her 
shame and ruin hath already committed adultery in 
his heart. 

43 And whosoever puts away his wife, except 
for the cause of adultery, committeth sin; and like- 
wise with the wife if she do so. 

44 The blackguards and profane swearers shall 
be known in the judgment by their mouths. 



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CHAPTER II. 

Revenge forbidden — God no respecter of persons — God 
is love, and never curses any of his children at any time — 
Sobriety — Usury — Perfection — All on the way to heaven 
under God's care and majesty — Borrowing and lending — Feed 
the hungry, etc. — Swear not — Prayer — Not to pray until rec- 
onciled to brother — God's compassion on poor and ignorant — 
Alms — I^ord's prayer — Forgive trespasses — Fasting — Cheer- 
fulness enjoined — God is a spirit — His strength to save us. 

1 Ye have Heard it has been said of olden 
times, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 
But I say unto you, Bear with one another, and 
render not evil for evil, or railing for railing, but 
contrariwise blessings. 

2 Ye have heard that it has been said. Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. 

3 But I say unto you. Love thine enemies, 
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate 
you, and pray for them which despitefully use and 
persecute you, 

4 That ye may have a great reward in the 
kingdom of heaven. These texts overrule one-half 
of the teachings of the ancients and much of the 
present day. 

5 God is no respecter of persons, nor partial 
to any, but has reserved judgment and rewards to be 
made and rendered in heaven. He knows no more 
of the " great priests, ministers, and rulers of this 
earth than he knows of the humble people. They 
are all his own children. 

6 He maketh his sun to shine on the evil and 
the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and the 
unjust. 



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7 If ye salute your brethren only, or love them 
only which love you, what do ye do more than 
others ? 

8 If your brother offend thee, forgive him, for 
he will repent in this world, or in the next, and 
finally meet thee in heaven. 

9 God is love, and is far exalted in heaven 
above any hatred, malice, spite, or revenge, and 
never at any time cursed or hated any of his chil- 
dren, bat loves all of them, and will in due time 
exalt all of them in the kingdom of heaven. 

10 God is a spirit, and must be worshiped in 
spirit and truth by all true worshipers. 

11 Be ye sober, be ye steadfast, and if sinners 
entice thee, consent thou not. Strive to be perfect 
as your Father in heaven is perfect. 

12 Ye are all brethren, both good and bad, 
pursuing life's journey to the judgment-bar of 
heaven under the sure and mighty dispensation of 
God, where every one shall be judged and rewarded 
as his works shall be. 

13 Therefore avoid giving offences one to 
another, but have ye compassion one to another. 

14 Love as brethren : Be courteous. Imagine 
no evil against thy neighbor. 

15 Eschew evil and do good. Seek peace and 
pursue her ways. Bridle thy tongue from evil, and 
let thy lips speak no guile or falsehood. 

16 Thou shalt not take usury nor interest for 
the loan or forbearance of money or commodity, ex- 
cept paid by free consent of the borrower. 

17 But if thou borrowest, pay it back with 
reasonable interest, if you reasonably can. 

18 Thou shalt not refuse to lend thy neighbor 



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the necessaries of life, however poor or trifling he 
may be. 

19 Thou shalt feed the hungry, clothe the 
naked, visit the sick with proper relief, if needed, 
and those in prison, and entertain the stranger or 
cause it to be done ; all these thou shalt reasonably 
and righteously do. 

20 Ye have heard it said. Thou shalt perform 
all thine oaths unto the Lord, and not forswear 
thyself. 

21 But I say unto you. Swear not at all ; 
neither by heaven, for it is God's throne ; nor by 
the earth, for it is his footstool ; neither by thy head, 
because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 

22 Let your communications be. Yea, yea; or 
Nay, nay : for more than these may come of evil. 

23 Thou shalt love and honor thy father and 
thy mother. He that hateth his father, his mother, 
his wife, his child, his brother, his sister, his neigh- 
bor, or his own life, cannot be my disciple, and can- 
not be worthy of the kingdom of heaven till he loves 
them, and he shall love God more than these. 

24 When ye pray, forgive, if ye have aught 
against anyone, that your Father in heaven may 
forgive you. 

25 When thou shalt come before the altar of 
prayer, remember if thy brother or sister hath aught 
against thee. If so, make not that prayer ; but go 
first and be reconciled to thy brother or sister, and 
then come and make thy prayer. 

26 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while 
thou art in the way of life with him, lest at any time 
he shall accuse thee before the judge, and the judg- 
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into the 
prison of hell. 



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27 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no 
means come out from thence till thou hast paid the 
uttermost farthing. 

28 But God will have compassion for the 
ignorant, poor, and weak. 

29 Take heed that ye do not your alms before 
men, to be seen of them ; if ye do, ye have no 
reward in heaven. 

30 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do 
not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites 
do, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say 
unto you. They have their reward. 

31 But when thou doest thine alms, let not 
thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth, 

32 That thy alms may be in secret, and thy 
Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward 
thee openly in heaven. 

33 And if thou doest thy neighbor a kind 
deed, thou shalt not cause him to acknowledge the 
same before men. 

34 When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as 
the hypocrites are, for they love to pray standing in 
the houses of worship, and in the corners of the 
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say 
unto you. They have their reward. 

35 But when thou prayest, enter into thy 
closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to 
thy Father which is in secret, and he shall reward 
thee openly in heaven. 

36 When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as 
the heathen do ; for they think they shall be heard 
for their much speaking. 

37 Be not like unto them, for your Father 
knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask 
of him. 



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38 After this manner therefore pray ye : OUR 
FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HAL- 
LOWED BE THY NAME. 

39 THY KINGDOM COME. THY WILL 
BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. 

40 GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR DAILY 
BREAD. 

41 FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS 
WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS 
AGAINST US. FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS 
WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS. 

42 SUFFER US NOT TO BE LED INTO 
TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM 
EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE 
POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. 
AMEN. 

43 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 
heavenly Father will also forgive you your tres- 
passes. 

44 But if ye forgive men not their trespasses, 
neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your 
trespasses. Strive to be mer.ciful as your Father 
in heaven is merciful. 

45 When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites are 
of a sad countenance ; for they disfigure their faces 
that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I 
say unto you, They have their reward. 

46 But when thou fastest, wash thy face and 
anoint thy head, and be of cheerful countenance, 
that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy 
Father in secret, and thy Father shall reward thee 
openly in heaven. 

47 Fear not, but be ye cheerful in all well, 
doing, and despond not in health or sickness. 

48 For ye have a friend of great strength and 



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power in heaven, even your Father in heaven, who 
careth for you, and will finally draw you into his 
kingdom and reward you most bounteously for every 
good work you have done in this life. 

49 All must be finally drawn into the king- 
dom of heaven and receive all the rewards and joy 
they can contain, for it is God's will, pleasure, and 
providence, be the rewards much or little. 

50 Doubt not. For the power of God unto 
the salvation of every creature of this earth into 
heaven is at hand, and thy heaven is in thy sight, 
and there is room provided there for all. 

51 God's power is within you and surrounds 
every one of you, as the waters of the sea surround 
the fishes, and nothing can be lost forever, however 
small, weak, or feeble it may be. 

52 God helps all equally, and does not punish 
any, even the child in its mother's womb, nor man 
in the course of his life through this world. 

53 Every pain and ache of mortal flesh is 
God's strength drawing us to heaven; but woe unto 
that man who interferes with the love, mercy, and 
justice of God, for he shall abase himself in the 
kingdom of heaven. 



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CHAPTER III. 

Covetousness — Contentment — ll^ay up treasures in 
heaven — Kye must be single unto God — Ye cannot serve God 
and mammon — Parable of the rich man and lyazarus — One in 
hell, the other in heaven — The rich farmer — I^abor six days 
and provide for thine own — The Sabbath — Then take no 
covetous thought — Seek heaven first — Great reward in heaven 
for every day of labor — And laborers to have bright crowns — 
The idle to receive stripes in hell to hasten them to heaven. 

1 THou shalt not covet nor defraud. 

2 Take lieed and beware of covetousness ; for 
a man's life consists not in the abundance of things 
he possesses in this world. 

3 Be contented with such things as ye havC) 
till ye have more by honest industry and care. 

4 Thou shalt not covet anything that belongs 
to thy neighbor, nor even try to defraud him out of 
it. But ye may purchase it at a fair price, if it is 
property only. 

5 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on 
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves break through and steal. 

6 But lay up for yourselves treasures in 
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves do not break through nor steal. 

7 For where your treasure is, there will your 
heart be also. 

8 Ye are the children of light. The light of 
thy body is the eye. Therefore if thine eye be 
single unto righteousness, thine whole body shall 
be full of the light of God. 

9 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body 
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that 



is in tliee be darkness, how great is tliat darkness ! 

10 Men love darkness rather than light be- 
cause their deeds are evil. 

11 No man can serve two masters ; for he will 
hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to 
the one and despise the other. 

12 Ye cannot serve God and mammon. That 
which is highly esteemed among men is often an 
abomination in the sight of God. 

13 There was a certain rich man, which was 
clothed in purple and fine linen, and who fared 
sumptuously every day. 

14 And there was a certain beggar named 
Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 

15 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs 
which fell from the rich man's table. 

16 But he would not. Moreover, the dogs 
came and licked his sores. 

17 And it came to pass that the beggar died, 
and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom 
in heaven. 

18 And the rich man also died, and he was 
buried. 

19 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in 
torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus 
in his bosom. 

20 And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, 
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may 
dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my 
tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. 

21 But Abraham said, Son, remember that 
thou in thy lifetime receivedst good things, and like- 
wise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is comforted 
and thou art tormented. 

22 And besides all this, there is a great gulf 



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fixed (the law) between us, so that they that 
would pass from hence to you cannot, neither can 
they pass to us, from thence, that would come. 

23 Then he said, I would pray thee, father, 
that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, 
for I have five brethren, that he may testify unto 
them, lest they come to this place of torment. 

24 And Abraham said unto him, They have 
Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. 

25 And he said. Nay, Father Abraham ; but if 
one went unto them from the dead they wiir repent. 

26 And he said unto him : If they hear not 
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be per- 
suaded though one rose from the dead. 

27 This rich man was lost in the first division 
of hell, because he had murdered his own brother by 
refusing to feed him and give him shelter in his 
sickness and poverty, and for like crimes. 

28 A certain rich man's ground brought forth 
plentifully, and he thought within himself, saying. 
What shall I do ? because I have no room where to 
bestow my fruits. 

29 And he said, This I will do : I will pull 
down my barns and build greater, and there will I 
bestow my fruits and goods. 

30 And I will say unto my soul. Soul, thou hast 
much goods laid up for many years ; take thine 
ease; eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto 
him. Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be re- 
quired of thee ; then whose things shall those be 
that thou hast provided ? 

31 So it is ; he that layeth up treasure for 
himself is not rich towards God. 

32 By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt earn 
thy bread. 



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33 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy 
work and provide for thine own, but the seventh day 
is the Sabbath day of the Lord thy God. 

34 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it 
holy ; works of charity and necessity are (only) 
allowed. 

35 These th ou shalt do. Then take no covetous 
thought for your life, what ye shall eat ; nor for the 
body, what ye shall wear. 

36 This life is more than the meat, and the 
body is more than the raiment. 

37 Consider the ravens ; they neither sow nor 
reap, and which have neither storehouse nor barn 
and God feedeth them. 

38 How much more are ye better than the 
birds ? and which of you by taking thought can add 
one cubit to his stature ? 

39 And if ye be not able to do that thing 
which is least, then why take thought for the rest ? 

40 Consider the lilies, how they grow ; they 
toil not, neither do they spin. Yet I say unto you, 
That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like 
one of these. 

41 If, then, God so clothed the grass, which is 
to-day in the fields, and to-morrow is cast into the 
oven, how much more will he clothe you, O ye of 
little faith ? 

42 Take no covetous thought for to-morrow, 
for what ye shall eat, drink, or wear ; neither be ye 
of doubtful minds. Sufiicient unto the day is the 
evil thereof. 

43 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 
love and righteousness, and all these things shall be 
added unto you. 

44 Sell that ye have and give alms to t he poo 



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and tlie needy. Provide yourselves with bags that 
wax not old, a treasure in heaven that faileth not. 
What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole 
world and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man 
give in exchange for his soul ? 

45 The rich men, unless they repent and make 
recompense for their transgressions in this life, shall 
weep and howl in their last day ; for their miseries 
shall come upon them in the judgment. 

46 Their gold and silver shall be cankered, 
their fine raiment moth-eaten, and their oppression 
of the poor, and the first fruits of the harvest which 
they have withheld from the husbandman, shall rise 
up as witnesses against them. 

47 Covet not, but do thy reasonable share of 
labor in this world. Then trust God, but fear mur- 
derers, thieves, robbers, and liars. 

48 For every day a man or a woman shall labor 
in this world at useful labor they shall receive one 
million years happy enjoyment in heaven. Yea, 
more. 

49 The man shall outshine any of the kings 
of this earth, and the woman any of the queens of 
this earth, in heaven. 

50 The command to labor is imperative, so far 
as to provide for his or her own, and is the most 
pleasing and acceptable way of worshiping our 
heavenly father. 

51 But the lazy and the idle, who will not do 
their reasonable share of useful work when they can, 
shall be lost in the second division of hell, and there 
beaten with stripes, many or few, to awaken them 
into action, so they may repent and love and serve 
God, when they will be exalted to the third and last, 

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and highest division of hell, in which the prodigal 
son was lost. 

52 There they complete their repentance, and 
go to paradise, which is the second division of 
heaven, where all is love, happiness, and joy forever 
more. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

Mercy — Judge not, condemn not — Grudge not — For- 
give — The wicked servant— Cast into prison of hell — Do not 
error — No variableness in God — Kxamine yourselves — Cast 
the beam from thine eye — Seek the kingdom of heaven, ask, 
etc.— God better and more merciful than any man — Hypocrisy 
— Correct wrongs— Pay the laborer— Lend to neighbor — Good 
measure — The golden rule — Not a sparrow shall fall without 
God's perception and help — Hairs of head numbered— Noth- 
ing lost — Rewards of the righteous. 

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

2 Condemn not, lest ye be condemned. For 
God in his mercy will not suffer a feeble and blind 
man to judge and condemn to hell anyone. 

3 If a sinner commits sin, thou mayest reprove 
the sin, but thou shalt not condemn the soul of that 
sinner to hell. 

4 Grudge not, one against another, lest ye be 
condemned. Give to the needy without grudging. 

5 He shall have judgment without mercy that 
hath showed no mercy. 

6 A servant of a certain king owed him ten 
thousand talents and was not able to pay. The 
servant fell down and worshiped him, saying, Lord, 
have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 

7 And the lord of that servant was moved with 
compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt. 

8 But the same servant went out and found 
one of his fellow-servants who owed him a hundred 
pence, and he laid hands 'on him and took him by 
the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest me. 

9 And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet 
and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, 
and I will pay thee all. 



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10 And he would not, and went and Had him 
cast into prison till he should pay the debt. 

11 So when his fellow-servants saw what was 
done, they were very sorry, and came and told their 
lord what was done. 

12 Then his lord, after he had called him, said 
unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee 
all that debt at thy request. 

13 Should not thou have had compassion on 
thy fellow-servant, as I had pity on thee. 

14 And his lord was wroth and delivered him 
to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due 
unto him. 

15 So likewise shall our heavenly Father do 
unto you also, if ye, from your hearts, forgive not 
every one his brother their trespasses. 

16 Do not err. Every good and perfect gift 
is from God, the Father of light, in whom there is 
no variableness, neither show of turning. 

17 Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers 
only, deceiving yourselves. There is one law-giver, 
O feeble man : even God, who is able to destroy. 
Who art thou that judgeth another? 

18 Why beholdest thou the mote that is in 
thy brother's eye, and considereth not the beam that 
is in thine own ? 

- 19 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother. Let 
me pull the mote out of thine eye, while a beam is 
in thine own eye ? 

20 Thou hypocrite, first pull the beam out of 
thine own eye, and then thou shalt see more clearly 
to pull the mote out of thy brother's eye. 

21 Examine yourselves and see that ye are not 
in error. Confess your faults, one to another. 

22 Implore pardon one of another for wrongs 



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done. Seek the kingdom of Heaven, and ye shall 
find it ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 

23 Ask and ye shall receive. Ask, whatever ye 
will, and it shall be given you. 

24 For every one that asketh receiveth, and 
he that ^eeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh 
it shall be opened. 

25 What man is there of you, whom if his son 
ask bread, will give him a stone? or if he ask a 
fish, will give him a serpent? or if he ask for an 
eggj will give him a scorpion? 

26 IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW 
HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR 
CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE SHALL 
YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN 
GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THEM THAT ASK 
HIM? 

27 Be not deceivers and hypocrites. There is 
nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and nei- 
ther hidden that shall not be made known. 

28 Whatever ye have spoken in the ear, in 
closets, shall be proclaimed from the housetops. 

29 If thou hast done wrong or injury to thy 
neighbor or his property of any kind, correct it 
without delay, and refrain from it in the future. 

30 The laborer is worthy of his hire, and the 
ox is worthy of his feed. If thy neighbor or a 
stranger serve thee, thou shalt pay him before the 
sun goeth down, if he- needs it, and thou shalt not 
oppress him. 

31 Lend to thy neighbor, expecting nothing in 
return for the use of the loan. But if thou borrow- 
est from him, pay it back with good measure. 

32 Leave off all usury and extortion^ a^d re- 
tore to every one bis own. 



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33 For with what measure ye measure unto 
others, it shall be again measured unto you in heaven. 

34 Love and honor thy rulers as they love audi 
honor you. Thy rulers shall impose no unjust bur- 
dens on you, nor suffer the people of this world to 
be despoiled by usury ^ extortion^ or combines of men 
against them. 

35 THEREFORE, IN ALL THINGS 
WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN 
SHOULD REASONABLY AND RIGHTEOUS- 
LY DO UNTO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO UNTO 
THEM, FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE 
PROPHETS AND THE GOLDEN RULE OF 
HEAVEN. 

36 It shall be observed at all times and in 
all places and in all conditions. Every plant not 
planted of God shall be rooted up. 

37 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? 
and not one of them is forgotten before God, or 
shall fall unnoticed by him. 

38. Fear not^ therefore; ye are of more value 
than many sparrows. Even the very hairs of your 
head are numbered, and not one of them shall be lost. 

39 He that knoweth the word of God and 
shall keep it to the best of his ability shall bear 
much fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some one 
hundred fold, in heaven. 

40 Blessed are they that hear the word of God 
and keep the same as best they can. 

41 Blessed is he that resisteth temptation and 
beareth his cross in this world, for his reward in 
heaven shall be great. 

42 Blessed is he that earneth his bread by the 
sweat of his brow, for his measure and joy in heaven 
shall be great and full. 



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CHAPTER V. 

Faith without works is dead — Charity the evidence of 
love and mercy — Shall cover many sins — Humility — Take 
low seats at feasts — Call the poor to your feasts — Use hospi- 
tality, but alike to rich and poor — How to act when the rich 
and poor visit you — Ye are convicted by the royal law if you 
have respect to persons — Call none father nor master — L^ove 
one another — No man hath seen God — God is love, love is 
truth — All variety compared to heaven — Love little children — 
The Father raises the dead, but does not judge them — Neither 
does Christ — They are self-adjudged by their works. 

1 If thou believetli there is one God, thou 
doest well. 

2 If thou hast faith in him to keep his com- 
mandments, then thy faith is sufficient; and if thou 
hast not, then pray God to increase your faith, for 
devils believe and tremble. 

3 What doth it profit a man if he hath faith 
and hath not works ? Faith cannot save him if he 
hath not works of love and charity. 

4 If a brother or a sister be naked, and desti- 
tute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, 
Depart ye in peace ; be ye warmed, be ye filled, 
and ye give them not those things needful to the 
body, what doth it profit thee ? 

5 Even so, if faith hath not works, it is dead, 
being alone. 

6 Show me thy faith without thy works, and I 
will show you my faith by my works. 

7 For without faith, love, mercy, and charity 
it is impossible to please God. 

8 For as the body without the spirit is dead, 
so faith without works is dead also. 



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9 If any be a hearer of the word and not a 
doer, he is deceived. Be ye doers of the word, and 
not hearers only. He that hath love hath charity ; 
and he that hath not love and faith hath not suffi- 
cient charity and good works. 

10 Charity shall cover, or make recompense 
for, a multitude of sins. 

11 A man does not love or believe in God and 
Christ till he believes in their comandments and 
promises and makes an honest effort to keep them to 
the best of his ability. He is not required to do 
things he cannot do. 

12 All men are a thousand-fold better than 
most people believe them to be. The farmer, the 
mechanic, the laborer, and the teachers of the young 
are much more important men and women than 
their rulers, and much better on this earth. 

13 Now abideth faith, hope, and charity; but of 
these three, charity is the greatest. 

14 Open wide thy hand to thy brother, the 
poor and the needy. Lend of that thou hast and 
give to them, for ye have the poor with you always. 

15 Happy shall ye be in heaven if ye do these 
things. 

16 Humble yourselves in the sight of God, 
and he shall lift you up with his mighty hand in 
due time. Cast all your care on him, for he lovetli 
and careth for you. 

17 When thou art bidden of any man to a 
wedding or a feast, sit not down in the highest 
room or seat, lest a more honorable man than thou 
be bidden of him. 

18 And he that bade you and him come and 
say unto thee, Give this man place ; and thou begin 
with shame to take the lowest room. 



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19 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down 
in the lowest room or seat, that when he that bade 
thee Cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up 
higher. Then thou shalt have honor in the presence 
of them that sit at meat with thee, 

20 When thou makes t a feast, dinner or sup- 
per, call not thy rich friends, but call the poor, the 
maimed, the lame, the blind, and thou shalt be 
blessed ; for they oannot recompense thee, and thou 
shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

21 Use hospitality one to another without 
grudging, for God loves a cheerful giver. 

22 If there come into thine house or assembly 
a man with a gold ring and arrayed in fine apparel, 
and there also cometh a man in poor apparel, thou 
shalt not say to him in rich apparel, Sit thou here 
in my best place, and then say unto him in poor 
apparel. Stand thou there, or, Sit here on my foot- 
stool. 

23 For if ye do, ye have respect of persons and 
commit sin, and are convicted by the law as trans- 
gressors. 

24 If ye fulfill the royal law of God, thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

25 If thou art called to judge a matter, thou 
shalt not lean to the rich. 

26 For God resisteth the proud and giveth 
grace to the humble. 

27 Love not gorgeous apparel nor the upper- 
most rooms and seats at feasts, nor chief seats in the 
churches, nor greetings in the markets. 

28 Neither be ye called master, for ye are all 
brethren and one is your Master in heaven. Ye are 
all the children of God. 



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29 Neither call ye an}^ father, for one is your 
Father in heaven. 

30 For he that would be greatest among you 
shall be your servant in heaven. Even as the Son 
of God came not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister. 

31 Verily I say unto you, The servant is not 
greater than the master; neither is the disciple 
greater than the lord; neither is he that is sent 
greater than him which sent him. 

32 I command you that ye love one another, 
as I have loved you. 

33 No man hath seen God at any time. If ye 
love one another, God dwelleth in you, and his love 
is perfected in you. 

34 There is no fear in love, for perfect love 
casteth out fear. 

35 God is love, and he that dwelleth in love 
dwelleth in God, and God in him. 

36 By this we know we love the children of 
God — when we love God and keep his command- 
ments. If ye love God, keep his commandments, 
and ye will the best ye can. 

37 If a man says he loves God and hateth his 
brother, he is deceived. He who loveth God loveth 
his brother also. Love not in word or speech, but 
in deed and truth. 

38 Whosoever hath this world's goods 'and 
seeth his brother or sister hath need of them, and 
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from them, 
hath not the love of God in him. 

39 If thy heart condemneth thee, God is 
greater than thy heart and knoweth all things. Love 
not the world nor the things that are in the world. 



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for if any man love them, he is a servant of mam- 
mon and the love of the Father is not in him. 

40 For all that is in this world, the lust of the 
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of this life) 
is not of the Father, but of the world, and the world 
passes away, and the lusts thereof, but he that doeth 
the will of the Father abideth in heaven forever. 

41 Take heed that ye love and despise not one 
of these little children, for I say unto you. That in 
heaven their angels do always behold the face of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

42 By the love of God ye know the spirit of 
truth and the spirit of error. 

43 The Father loveth the Son, and showeth to 
him all things that himself doeth. 

44 And as the Father raiseth up the dead and 
quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom 
he will. 

45 The Father judgeth no man, but hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto the Son. I judge not of 
myself. As I see and hear, I judge with tender love 
and mercy, and set do the angels. 

46 But of mine ownself I do nothing, but by 
my Father which sent me. I receive not honor from 
men, and if I bear witness of mine ownself without 
the help of God, my witness is not true. 

47 I speak as I am commanded by the Father, 
and my words are truth and life everlasting.. 



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CHAPTER VI. 

How to be saved — Keep the commandments — The good 
Samaritan — The greatest commandments — Wicked servants 
to be beaten with many stripes — The ignorant with few stripes 
— Are there few saved ? — Narrow way and broad way — All to 
be saved finally — Marriage of the King's son — All that came, 
good and bad, had on w^edding garments, except Satan — Not 
the Father's will that they should be lost — Blessings for the 
righteous — Woes for the wicked — God will draw all men to 
him — The good cannot repent for the bad — Christ is the door 
— Bad men cannot enter by other ways — A man cannot get 
religion — It must be by good works, which are treasures in 
heaven. 

1 And behold a certain lawyer stood up tempt- 
ing Christ, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit 
eternal life ? And he said unto him, What is written 
in the law ? How readest thou ? 

2 And the lawyer answering said. Thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all 
thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 

3 And he said unto him. Thou hast answered 
right. This do and thou shalt live. 

4 But the lawyer, willing to justify himself, 
said. Who is my neighbor ? 

5 And Jesus answered and said, A certain man 
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among 
thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and 
wounded him, and departed leaving him half dead. 

6 And by chance come down a certain priest 
that way, and when he saw him he passed by on the 
other side. 

7 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the 
place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the 
other side. 



8 But a certain Samaritan, as ne journeyed, 
come where he was, and he saw him, and had com- 
passion on him, and went to him, and bound up his 
wounds, pouring in- oil and wine, and set him on his 
beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of 
him. 

9 And on the morrow, when he departed, he 
took out two pence and gave them to the host, and 
said unto him, Take care of him, and when I come 
again I will repay thee whatever thou spendest more. 

10 Which of these three, thinkest thou, was 
neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? 

11 And the lawyer said. He that shewed mercy. 
Then Jesus said unto him. Go thou and do likewise. 

12 A scribe came and asked Jesus, saying. 
Which is the greatest commandment? 

13 And Jesus answered him, saying. The Lord 
thy God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
wdth all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This 
is the first commandment. 

14 And the second is like unto it, namely, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is 
none other commandment greater than these. 

15 The scribe said. Well, Master, thou hast said 
the truth. And Jesus said. Thou art not far from 
the kingdom of heaven. 

16 That servant that knew his master's will 
and prepared not himself nor did according to his 
will shall be beaten with many stripes, but he that 
knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes 
shall be beaten with few stripes. 

17 For unto whomsoever much is given, of 
him much is required. And to whom men have 
committed much, of him they will ask the more. 



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18 Be ye ready, for the Son of mail cometli at 
an hour when ye think not. Then said one to him, 
Lord are there few saved ? And he said unto them. 
Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many, I 
say unto you, shall seek to enter in thereat and 
shall not be able. 

19 For wide is the gate and broad is the way 
that leadeth to destruction, and many go in thereat. 

20 Because strait is the gate and narrow is 
the way which leadeth unto perfect .life, and few 
there be that find it. 

21 But every one that is perfect shall be as 
the Master. And they shall come from the east 
and the west, and from the north and the south, 
and sit down in the kingdom of heaven, but shall 
not all be perfect, as they are rewarded as their 
works shall be. 

22 And behold there are last which shall be 
first in perfection, and there are first which shall be 
last. But all will finally come, when they are per- 
fected and taught of God, but only for what they are 
worth. 

23 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a king 
which made a marriage for his son and sent forth 
his servants to call them that were bidden to the 
wedding, and they would not come. 

24 And he sent forth other servants to call 
them that were bidden, saying, I-have prepared my 
dinner, and all things are ready. Come unto the 
marriage. 

25 But they made light of it and went their 
way, one to his farm, one to his merchandise, and 
some entreated his servants despitefully. 

26 Then he saith to his servants, They which 
were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore 



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into the highways and hedges, and, so many as yt 
shall find, bid to the marriage. 

27 So those servants went out into the high- 
ways and hedges, and gathered all, including the 
poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind, as they 
could find, both good and bad, and the wedding was 
furnished with guests. 

28 And when the king came to see the guests, 
he saw there one, a man, that had not on a wed- 
ding garment, Satan. 

29 And he said unto him, Friend, how camest 
thou in here not having on a wedding garment? 
And he was speechless. 

30 Then the king said unto his servants. Bind 
him and cast him into outer darkness. 

31 Fear not, for it is not the will of your 
Father in heaven that one of the least of you shall 
be forever lost, for ye are members of his church and 
of his family. 

32 All shall be saved in the kingdom of God, 
though they are thousands of years repenting and 
learning to obey the laws of God, in hell. 

33 God will surely draw all men unto himself 
in heaven, through repentance in this world or in 
the next. 

34 The harvest is great and the laborers are 
few. Pray ye therefore to the Lord of the harvest 
to send more laborers to the harvest. There are 
many called and few chosen. 

35 Blessed are the dead, for they all live in 
heaven unto God, and are rewarded according to 
their works. 

36 Blessed be ye poor, for yours is the king- 
dom of God. 



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37 Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shall 
be filled. 

38 Blessed are the just, for they shall be given 
a crown of glory. 

39 Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall 
be comforted. 

40 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit 
the earth. 

41 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall 
obtain mercy. 

42 Blessed are the charitable, for their joy in 
heaven shall be full. 

43 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst 
after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 

44 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall 
see God. 

45 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall 
be called the children of God. 

46 Blessed are the righteous, for they shall 
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 
He that hath ears let him hear. 

47 Blessed are they who are persecuted for 
righteousness^ sake, and blessed are ye when men 
persecute you for my sake. 

48 Rejoice and leap for joy, for great is your 
reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets. 

49 Let your light so shine before men that 
they may see your good works and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. 

50 But woe unto you that are rich. Ye have 
your consolation and fill. 

51 Woe unto you that are full, for ye shall 
hunger. 

52 Woe unto you that laugh now, for ye shall 
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53 Woe unto you when all men speak well of 
you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 

54 Woe unto the wicked ; unless ye all repent 
in this life, ye will be damned in the next life. 

55 For a good man cannot repent or suffer for 
a bad man's sins, and a bad man cannot take a good 
man's reward and joy away from him. 

56 I and my commandments are the door to 
everlasting salvation and life in heaven, and he that 
tries to climb up by ways other than this door, the 
same is a thief and a robber. 

57 And Jesus said unto those that believed, If 
ye continue in my word^ then ye are my disciples in 
deed. 

58 And ye cannot get religion by faith and 
prayer alone, without works of love, mercy, and chari- 
ty, and the more of these works the better. 

59 Atid the less of religion a man has, the 
more apt he is to fight over it. 

60 Every good deed a man does for his fellow- 
man is a treasure laid up in heaven that he can 
never lose, and it endureth forever to his honor and 
glory. 

61 Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say? 

62 Ye shall be saved, in heaven, by keeping 
my commandments, and rewarded accordingly. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

How to be saved — None good except God — The ten 
commandments — Give to the poor — Danger of riches — Sell 
that thou hast and give to the poor — Nothing impossible with 
God — Jesus showeth that the publicans and harlots will go to 
heaven before the chief priests and elders — L<ife more abund- 
ant — Pray against temptation — The Pharisee and the publican 
pray in the temple — Exalt not thyself — Christ called little 
children and blessed them — None shall injure them — Charity 
and selfishness compared — Training of children — Every house 
builded by some man — Heaven and all things of God and are 
his children's — The silver rule — All flesh shall see the salva- 
tion of God — Not a sparrow to fall without his help — All saved 
Bnd nothing to be lost — The flesh profiteth not — The Word is 
life eternal — God draws us to him. 

. 1 And behold one came and said unto Jesus, 
Good Master, what good things shall I do, that I 
may have eternal life? 

2 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me 
good? There is none good save one, that is God: 
but if thou wilt enter unto life, keep the command- 
ments. 

3 And he saith unto him. Which ? Jesus said, 
The two royal commandments are: 

I. THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD 
THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND 
WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY 
MIND, AND WITH ALL THY STRENGTH. 
And the second is like unto it ; namely: 
II. THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGH- 
BOR AS THYSELF. 

4 And the ten commandments are: 

I. I am the Lord thy God, and thou shalt 
have no other gods before me; thou shalt not make 



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unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness, nor 
bow tliyself down to them, nor serve them. 

IL Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
thy God in vain. 

III. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it 
holy. 

IV. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy 
work, and provide for thine own. But the seventh 
day is the Sabbath day of the Lord thy God; in it 
thou shalt not do any work. 

V. Honor thy father and thy mother. 
VI. Thou shalt not kill or do any murder. 
VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
VIII. Thou shalt not steal nor defraud. 
IX. Thou shalt not lie, nor bear false witness. 
X. Thou shalt not covet anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

5 The young man saith unto him, Master, all 
these things have I kept from my youth up. What 
lack I yet? 

6 And Jesus saith unto him. If thou will le 
perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the 
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and 
come and follow me, or keep my commandments. 

7 But when the young man heard that saying, 
he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 

8 Then Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I 
say unto you. That a rich man shall hardly enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. 

9 It is easier for a camel to go through the e3^e 
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of God. 

10 But Jesus said. With men this is impossi- 
ble, but with God all things are possible. 

11 Jesus saith unto the chief priest and elders, 



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What think ye? A certain man had two sons: and he 
came to the first and said, Son, go work to-day in 
my vineyard. 

12 And he answered and said, I will not; but 
after he repented and went. 

13 And he came to the second and said like- 
wise, and he. answered and said, I go, sir; and he 
went not. 

14 Whether of the twain did the will of his 
father? 

15 They say unto him. The first. Jesus saith 
unto them. Verily I say unto you. That the publicans 
and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before 
you. 

16 For John came unto you in the way of 
righteousness and ye believed him not; but the pub- 
licans and harlots believed him. 

17 And ye, when ye had seen it, repented not, 
afterwards, that ye might believe him. 

18 I am come that ye might have life, and 
have life more abundantly. Watch and pray, that 
ye enter not into temptation; the spirit is indeed 
willing, but the flesh is weak. 

19 There is life, and life more abundant, and 
perfect life in the kingdom of heaven. 

20 Two men went up into the temple to pray, 
the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. 

21 And the Pharisee stood and prayed thus, 
with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as 
other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or 
even as this publican. I fast twice a week and give 
tithes of all I possess. 

22 And the publican, standing afar off, would 
not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but 



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smote on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me 
a sinner. 

23 I tell you, this man went down to his house 
justified rather than the other. 

24 For every one that exalteth himself shall 
be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 

25 And they brought unto him infants that 
he would touch them. But when his disciples saw 
it, they rebuked them. 

26 But Jesus called them unto him and said. 
Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 

27 Verily I say unto you. Whosoever shall not 
receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall 
not enter therein. 

28 And he took them up in his arms, put his 
hands on them, and blessed them. 

29 If any man desire to be first, he shall be 
last of all, and servant of all, and a servant of serv- 
ants in heaven. 

30 And Jesus again took a child and set him 
in the midst of them, and when he had taken him 
in his arms, he said unto them, 

31 Whosoever receiveth one of such children 
in my name receiveth me, and whosoever receiveth 
me receiveth not me, but him that sent me. 

32 And whosoever shall offend one of these 
little ones that believe in me, by making its condi- 
tion in life niore intolerable or by rendering its path- 
way to heaven more difficult, 

33 It is better for him that a millstone were 
first hanged about his neck and he were cast into 
the sea. 

34 Whosoever shall give a loaf of bread, or a 



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cup of water, to one of the least of these of mine, in 
the spirit of a disciple, or brotherly love, verily, 
verily, I say unto you, He shall in no wise lose his 
reward. 

35 Charity and good deeds shall give grace 
and strength to thine angel in heaven: 

36 While selfishness and evil deeds shall fasten 
disgrace and weakness on thee in heaven. 

37 Train thy children in the ways of right- 
eousness, of faith, of virtue, of knowledge, of temper- 
ance, of patience, of love, of mercy, of brotherly 
kindness, and of charity; 

3 8 And they shall neither be barren nor un fruit- 
ful in the kingdom of heaven. Train up a child in 
the way he should go, and he will not depart from 
it when he is old. 

39 Every house is builded by some man; but 
he that built all things is God. This earth and the 
fullness thereof are His; and not any man's, except 
so far as his need of it demands. 

40 Blessed is the man that endureth tempta- 
tion, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown 
of life which God has promised to them that love 
him. Bear with each other's faults and infirmities. 

41 Follow not that which is evil, but that 
which is good. Whatsoever ye would not have others 
do unto you, do not so unto them. This is the silver 
rule. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be 
multiplied. 

42 For ye all have one Father, and ye are the 
sons and daughters of the living God, and it is not 
your Father's will that any of you shall be lost. 

43 All flesh shall see the salvation of God 
through his love and tender mercies. But everyone 
shall be rewarded as his works shall be. All things 



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are God's, and not a sparrow sliall fall without God's 
help. 

44 This is the Father's will that sent me, that 
of all he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but 
should raise it up again at the last day. 

45 It is the Spirit that quickeneth, tjie flesh 
profiteth nothing after death. The Word is life 
eternal. No man can come to God except he draws 
him to heaven. 

46 The kingdom of God is within you, giving 
you life and giving you reason, and you shall im- 
prove Ihat reason, and strengthen thy soul by good 
works in this life. 



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CHAPTER VIII. 

Repentance, how made — Just persons need no repent- 
ance — He that cometh to the I^ord he will not cast out — Tree 
known by its fruits — Go to Christ, all ye that are weary and 
heavy laden — Be of good cheer— If ye do well, ye shall be 
accepted — All sins shall be forgiven, except blaspheming 
against the Holy Ghost — Revile not the gods — A man to reap 
that which he sows — He that damages his neighbor, let him 
make recompense — If he steals a hoe or any other thing, let 
him restore it — Kingdom of God at hand — Blight of sin — Love 
God — Fear Satan — Purify your souls — Humble yourselves — 
The infidel — Least in heaven greater than John the Baptist 
was here — Death shall come as a snare —The law of sacrifice 
was until John — God requires love, mercy, and charity — 
Rewards to righteous — Three great errors. 

1 Again I say unto you, I came not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to repentance. 

2 They that are whole need not a physician, 
but they that are sick. Just persons^ need no 
repentance. 

3 I tell you sinners, Except ye repent, ye shall 
all perish. Seek the Lord- while he may be found. 

4 Let the wicked man forsake his ways and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts, and take up his 
cross and follow me, and God will* abundantly par- 
don him. 

5 To-day if you will hear my voice, harden not 
your hearts, incline your ear unto me, hear and 
obey, and your souls shall live. 

6 And he that cometh unto me I will in no 
wise cast out, and it shall come to pass that all that 
calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

7 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

8 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me. 



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for I am meek and lowly of heart; and ye shall find 
rest to your souls, 

9 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

10 Be of good cheer, and let not your counte- 
nances be fallen. If thou doest well, thou shalt be 
accepted; and if thou doest not well, then sin lieth 
at thy door. 

11 He that is not with me is against me, and 
he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 

12 Either make the tree good and its fruit 
good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit 
corrupt. 

13 For the tree is known by its fruits. And 
the angels in heaven are known by the works, and 
works of love and charity are to thy soul as good soil 
and gentle rains to the tree, and a man's good deeds 
are his treasures in heaven. 

14 What doth the Lord require of thee, but to 
do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly 
with thy God? 

15 I say unto you, All manner of sins and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto men, but blasphemy 
against the Holy Ghost, which is sin done to thy 
neighbor. Your bodies are temples of the Holy 
Ghost. 

16 It shall not be forgiven him in this world, 
nor in the world to come, except by that neighbor. 

17 Thou shalt not revile the Lord thy God, 
nor any of his lesser gods or angels. 

18 O ye wicked, how can ye, being evil, speak 
good things? for of the abundance of the heart the 
mouth speaketh. 

19 A good man, out of the treasure of his 
heart, bringeth forth good things; and an evil man, 
out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. 



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20 Speak not evil, one of another. Behold 
how good and pleasant for brethren to dwell together 
in unity. 

21 If any man seem to be religious, and bri- 
dleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, that 
man's religion is in vain. Wherefore, let every one 
be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. 

22 Behold, how great a matter a little fire 
kindleth. 

23 I say unto you. For every idle word men 
shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in 
the day of judgment. 

24 For there is nothing covered that shall not 
be revealed; neither hid that shall not be known. 

25 Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in 
darkness shall be heard in the light, and that which 
ye have spoken in the ear, in closets, shall be pro- 
claimed upon the housetops. 

26 Be not deceived. God is not mocked, for 
that which a man soweth shall he reap. If he sow- 
eth to the flesh, he shall reap corruption. 

27 And if he soweth to the spirit, he shall reap 
life everlasting in heaven. 

. 28 And if a man soweth sparingly, he shall 
reap sparingly; and if he soweth abundantly, he shall 
reap abundantly. And if a man shall preach sal- 
vation sparingly, he shall reap it sparingly. What 
shall your harvest be? 

29 Repent ye, for there is more joy in heaven 
over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and 
nine just persons which need no repentance. 

30 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand 
of God and keep his commandments, and he will 
exalt you in due season. 

31 If any shall steal his neighbor's hoe, his ax. 



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his money, or other property, let him restore it to 
the owner. 

32 If any shall damage his neighbor or his 
property, his person or good name, let him make 
recompense, for it the best he can. 

33 And then pray God to forgive him his tres- 
passes, and deliver him from evil in the futnre. 

34 Why will some men believe, and teach, that 
a man may repent in this world in a few hours by 
faith, sorrow, and prayer, and that in a comfortable 
place, and then deny the sinner that right forever 
when he is in the flames, stripes, and hunger of hell? 
That is neither just nor merciful, and is not the law 
of God. Any man might well be ashamed to teach 
such doctrine, for it is a slander against God and 
the angels. The law is. All flesh shall see the salva- 
tion of Godj through his tender mercies, and his 
tender mercies endureth forever. 

35. There is no such thing as repentance or 
the pardon of sins in this world, except by the 
utmost effort to make recompense for the injury and 
evil done, unless the injured party forgives the evil 
done him. Then God will forgive, for he is much 
better than any man, however good that man may be. 

36. If sins could be removed from the wicked' 
by faith, prayer, and sorrow, without any effort to 
make recompense, then man will not be rewarded 
according to his works, whether they be good or evil. 
But that is the law of heaven and earth. 

37 If a man cannot make recompense, the 
injured brother shall forgive him upon confession of 
his wrongs, and apology for them* Otherwise the 
sin will lie at his door. 

38 For God will not abase or dishonor a man 



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who tries to do right, and by no means for his feeble- 
ness and poverty. 

39 There are three great errors. The first is 
that God cursed Adam and Eve in the beginning for 
a slight disobedience, and also the earth for their sins. 

40 The second is, that God kept angry with 
man for nearly four thousand years, and then sent 
his holy and beloved Son into this world to die and 
become a sacrifice for the sins of the world. 

41 The third is, if a man shall believe in Jesus 
Christ, his death and resurrection, that he can be 
saved by faith and prayer, without works, and even 
with very wicked works. 

42 These are all errors, and the transgressor 
and the heathen should not believe them, for God will 
surely reward every man according to his works, 
whether they are good or evil, and this reward can- 
not be changed by sacrifice. Watch what ye preach 
to the sinners and to the heathen. 

43 God will have mercy, and not sacrifice; 
and he never cursed Adam and Eve, nor this earth, 
nor sent his Son to die for our sins in this world. 
He is far above such works, and there was no need 
for either of them. 

44 The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent 
yQ and believe and obey the gospel. God's command- 
ments are not grievous to be borne, and the way of 
the transgressor is hard, for he will not hold the 
wicked guiltless. 

45 Purify your souls through truth and love 
and good works while in this life ; if not, they shall 
be in hell. Love God and fear him not, but fear 
the blighting effects of sin on your souls, which 
endureth forever. 

46 Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh 



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unto you. He is your very best friend. Resist 
Satan, and lie will flee from you. He is your very 
worst enemy. He is a self-snatcher, and will snatch 
away your glory in heaven, if he can. Watch him, 

47 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, as a 
thief, as an extortioner or oppressor of the weak or 
poor, nor as a busybody in other people^s affairs. 

48 Do not injure anyone by word, act, or deed, 
but submit yourselves to God and keep his com- 
mandments, and ye shall have abundant life in 
heaven. A man's sins cast him down to hell, under 
the law, and not God. ^ 

49 But if a man deny God with great swelling 
words in this world, and honor men for advantage, 
he shall appear before him in his kingdom as a man 
with but little knowledge, scarcely knowing his 
kindred or friends. 

50 Verily, I say unto you. Among men born 
of women there hath not arisen a greater than John 
the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of 
heaven is greater than he was on this earth. 

51 Repent ye; for death shall come as a snare 
upon all men, and then shall appear the Son of man 
in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels, and 
then shall be rewarded every man according to his 
works.^ 

52 Not everyone that sayeth unto me in that 
day. Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven, but he that doeth the will of our Father in 
heaven to the best of his ability and opportunity. 

53 For our Father shall have mercy on such 

*The parable of the laborer, Matthew xx. 1, does not conflict with 
this text, for the laborers were ready all day and willing to work, and 
did work when called, and were entitled to full pay. It would have 
been different if they had been in the service of mammon or Satan 
eleven hours of that day. So with the Christian, if he is ready to serve 
God when duty calls him, and does so. 



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as are ignorant and out of the way, and on tHe 
feeble and tlie poor. 

•54 And in that day the righteous shall shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 
Be ye also ready. He that hath ears let him hear. 

55 The law of sacrifices was until the day of 
John the Baptist ; since that the law of the king- 
dom of God is preached, and all men should press 
into it. 

56 Ye can no longer repent by making sac- 
rifices of burnt offerings or other sacrifices; 

57 For God will have love, mercy, and charity, 
and not sacrifices.* 

58 John the Baptist baptised with water unto 
repentance. 

59 But Christ baptised with the Holy Ghost 
and with fire unto salvation, by teaching the people 
of this world to love God and his angels in heaven, 
and man on this earth. 

60 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into 
temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh 
is weak. 

61 Shun and resist strong drink, for it shall 
bring you into poverty, want, and wretchedness in 
this world, and abase you in the life to come, for it 
is your worst enemy ; fear it. 

*See Ephesians ii, 8, 9. The word "works," as used there, means 
works of sacrifice or burnt oflferiugs, and not works of love, charity, 
and righteousness. If it did, it would contradict Christ and his 
apostles. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

The prodigal son — He demanded his portion — Went 
into a far country — Wasted his portion — A famine came — He 
died — Was lost in hell — Was restored to his reason — Repented 
— Arose and went to his Father in heaven — His royal recep- 
tion and feast — That reception and feast spread for all — God's 
great love to his children — He is omnipotent, yet cannot do 
all things at once — His warm invitation to all to come — False 
prophets slander God — The least has the most powerful friend 
in him — God is good — And will draw all men unto him, and 
gather them unto their fathers and mothers, even the wicked 
in due time, and reward them as their works shall be — God is 
rich and ye are his heirs. 

1 Christ said, A certain man had two sons. 
And the younger of them said unto his father, 

2 Father, give me the portion' of goods that 
falleth to me. And the father, in the goodness of 
his heart, divided unto them his living. 

3 And not many days afterwards the younger 
son gathered all together and took his journey into 
a far country, and there he wasted his substance in 
riotous living. 

4 And when he had spent all his living, there 
arose a mighty famine in that land, and he began to 
be in want. 

5 And he went and joined himself to a citizen 
of that country, and he sent him into his fields to 
feed swine. 

6 And he fain would have filled himself with 
the husks and bran that he fed to the swiue, he was 
so hungry. And no man gave unto him. 

7 In his want and humiliation he came to 
himself. And when he came to himself and was 
restored to his reason, he remembered his father. 



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8 And lie said, I know that in my father's 
house there is plenty for him and for all his ser- 
vants, and bread to spare for me and for all that 
shall come, while I perish with hunger here. 

9 I will arise and go to my father, and I will 
say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven 
and before thee, 

10 And I am no longer worthy to be called 
thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants. 

11 And he arose, barefooted, and went to his 
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his 
father saw him and had compassion, 

12 And ran with joy and met him. On meet- 
ing, the son said to him. Father, I have sinned 
against heaven and before thee, and I am no longer 
worthy to be called thy son. 

13 But the father would not hear more, but 
fell upon his neck and kissed him. 

14 And he said to his servants, Here is my son 
that was dead, and now he is alive; here is my son 
that was lost, and now he is found. 

15 Bring forth the best raiment and put it on 
him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. 

16 Bring forth the fatted calf and kill it, and 
make him a feast and invite the guests. 

17 And let us eat and be merry, for my son is 
alive and safely at home. 

18 And they began to eat and be merry, and 
music and dancing was heard in that house. 

19 And that feast is prepared in heaven, and 
the same welcome and joy for all that shall come: 

20 For the good first, the indifferent next, and 
finally the wicked, though they repent in hell. 

21 For God loves his children with all his 
heart, and with all his soul, and with all his mind, and 



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with all his majestic power, mercy, and goodness, 
and it is impossible for any to be forever lost. 

22 And ye, in your feebleness, should love and 
honor God in like manner; and love thy neighbor as 
thyself. 

23 But remember, while God is omnipotent 
and able and willing to save all his children in 
heaven, both good and bad, he is not omnipotent in 
all things at once. 

24 For instance, he cannot make corn or wheat 
grow on a frozen lake, without first changing the 
conditions of that lake. 

25 Neither can he bring a sinner, with a cold, 
icy heart, into his kingdom of heaven, without first 
changing the conditions of that heart. 

26 He must first give the sinner a warm heart 
of love, mercy, humility, and charity. 

27 This is repentance, and then the sinner 
can arise and go to him as the prodigal son did, and 
receive the like royal reception, feast, and banquet. 

28 Be of good cheer and be patient, for ye are 
all under the mighty providence of God, and will, 
every one, be saved in heaven in due time, though 
ye repent for your crimes in hell for thousands of 
years. 

29 For it is not your Father's will that au}^, 
even the least of you, shall be forever lost. 

30 Neither is it his will that ye shall come to 
him through hell, but straight to heaven if ye will, 
for all may if they will. 

31 God has all things prepared for you, and 
daily invites you to come. 

32 The Spirit and the Bride say. Come; and 
let him that heareth say. Come; and let him that is 
hungry or athirst come ; and whosoever will, let 



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liim'cottie and partake of the waters of life and feasts 
of heaven freely. 

33 Beware of false prophets, which come to 
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are as 
ravening wolves. 

34 Ye shall know them by their fruits. 

35 They have gone where God hath not sent 
them and taught evil of him. 

36 They have slandered him by saying he was 
wicked and a God of malice and revenge, and spite- 
ful to his children, and caused his people to err. 

37 Follow them not, but keep my command- 
ments, for God only is good and able to save and 
bless the people of this world in heaven. 

38 Let the unmerciful man not condemn his 
neighbor forever, for that neighbor is his brother, 
and hath a more powerful and good friend, his 
Father in heaven, than he believes. 

39 And besides this, that unmerciful man's 
curses availeth nothing in the kingdom of God. 

'40 For God is good, and has provided rest in 
heaven for all his children according to their merits, 
and his goodness, love, and abundant mercy. 

41 The powers of heaven are pleasingly invit- 
ing you to come. The powers of earth are buffet- 
ing you and telling you to go. And all must soon 
arise and go to heaven, and there be most bounte- 
ously rewarded for every good deed they have done 
in this world. 

42 God and heaven have attraction for the souls 
of men like this earth has for matter; and when the 
souls of men are released from the flesh by death of 
the body, they will be drawn to God and heaven, as 
vegetation and trees are drawn upwards into the 
light. 



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43 This attraction is stronger than the life of 
the natural body of man, and all souls that ever were, 
or are now, or ever will be on this earth, have been 
and will be drawn into heaven. 

44 And this is truth : Even if the wicked are 
drawn through hell for purification, repentance, and 
instruction, yet they are never perfected as the right- 
eous and just are. 

45 Ye shall all be gathered unto your Father 
in heaven — the wicked, the just, and the good ; but 
the first named shall be last, and the last named 
shall be first. 

46 Ye shall be drawn there by the powers of 
God and of heaven, and there rewarded, each one 
according to his deeds and merits, but all in abund- 
ance. 

47 And ye cannot go to the kingdom of God 
until your Father in heaven draw you there. 

48 And ye will surely be drawn there, as heavy 
stones are drawn back to earth when thrown up- 
wards, and even more so. 

49 If y^^ being evil^ know how to give good 
gifts to your children^ how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give to them that ask him ? 

50 All will finally be given all the joy they can 
contain, whatever their measure may be. And it is 
the will of your Father in heaven that ye bear much 
fruit, or good works. He is glorified if ye do. 

51 God is rich^ and ye are his heirs to all ye can 
contain of his riches, 

52 lyook to the planets, stars, and adamantine 
suns, and you will see of your inheritance and glory 
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CHAPTER X. 

Oflfenses — Drawing the sword — Forgiveness — Church 
differences — Forgive thy brother as often as he asks it — Who 
is Christ's brother? — Tradition of men, as washing cups and 
pots — Devouring widows' houses — Imposing heavy taxes and 
burdens — Unrighteous decrees — Gather not from the poor to 
scatter to the rich — Marriage and divorce — Adulterous woman 
— No marriages in heaven as in the world — All men, past and 
present, live unto God — Render Caesar and God their own — 
The widow's mite. 

1 Then said Jesus to his disciples, It is impos- 
sible but that wars and offenses will come, but woe 
unto him through whom they come. For he that 
draweth the sword shall perish by the sword. 

2 It were better for him that a millstone were 
first hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, 
than that he should offend one of these little ones, 
and make no recompense. 

3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother 
trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, 
forgive him. 

4 Tell him his faults between thee and him 
alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 

5 If he will not hear thee, then take with thee 
one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three 
witnesses every word may be established. 

6 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it 
unto the church ; but if he neglect to hear the 
church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and 
publican. 

7 And if thy brother trespass against thee 
seven times in a day, and turn again to thee and say, 
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8 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, how oft 
shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him ? 
till seven times? 

9 Nay, I say not unto thee, Till seven times; 
but, Until seventy times seven. 

10 Where two or three are gathered together 
in my name, I will be in the midst of them. 

11 Whosoever shall do the will of my Father 
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sis- 
ter, and mother. 

12 Then came the scribes and Pharisees and 
said unto Jesus, Why do thy disciples transgress the 
traditions of the elders? for they wash not their 
hands when they eat bread. But he answered and 
said unto them. Why do ye also transgress the com- 
mandment of God by your tradition ? 

13 Well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying. 
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths? 
and honoreth me with their lip», but their heart is 
far from me. 

14 But in vain they do worship me, teaching 
for doctrines the commandments of men. 

15 For laying aside the commandments of God, 
ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots 
and cups, and many other such like things. 

16 From the heart proceedeth evil thoughts, 
murders, thefts, fornication, covetousness, wicked- 
ness, deceit, filth, blasphemy, and evil eye, pride, and 
foolishness. 

17 All these things come from within and 
defile the man, and not such things as he eats. 

18 But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees. Ye 
shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, for ye 
neither go in yourselves, uor suffer ye them that are 
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19 Ye devour widows^ houses, and for a pre- 
tense make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive 
the greater damnation. 

20 Ye compass sea and land to make one pros- 
elyte; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold 
more the child of hell than yourselves 

21 Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees; for 
ye pay tithes of mint and anise, and have omitted the 
weighty matters of the law, judgment, mercy, love, 
and faith. These ye have not done. 

22 Ye are blind guides, which strain at a gnat 
and swallow a camel. Ye make clean the outside of 
the cup and platter, but within they are full of extor- 
tion and excess. 

23 Ye also appear outwardly righteous unto 
men, but within ye are full of hypocrisies and 
iniquities. ^ 

24 Behold your house is left unto you desolate. 

25 Woe unto you law-makers, for ye laid men 
with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye your- 
selves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 

26 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous 
decrees, and impose grievous burdens upon others. 

4 Woe unto them that deprive the poor of their rights, 
that make widows their prey, and rob the fatherless, 
and impose on the weak and unfortunate. 

27 Woe unto you when ye gather from the poor 
and scatter unto the rich ; for ye should gather from 
the rich, rather, and scatter to the poor. How can 
ye escape the damnation of hell except ye repent and 
serve God in spirit and truth? 

28 The Pharisees asked. Is it lawful for a man 
to put away his wife? tempting him; and Jesus 
answered them, What did Moses command you? 



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29 And tliey said, Moses suffered to write a bill 
of divorcement, and put lier away. 

30 And Jesus answered and said unto them, 
For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this 
precept. 

31 But, from the beginning of the creation, 
God created them male and female; and for this 
cause a man shall leave his father and mother and 
cleave to his wife, and likewise doeth the wife. 

32 And the twain shall be one flesh, so they 
are no more twain, but one flesh. 

33 What, therefore, God hath joined together 
let no man put asunder. 

34 The scribes and Pharisees brought in a 
woman taken in adultery, and say unto Jesus, Mas- 
ter, this woman was taken in adultery. 

35 And now the law of Moses commanded us 
that such should be stoned, but what saith thou? 

36 Jesus saith unto them, He that is without 
sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 

37 And her accusers, being convicted by their 
own consciences, went out one by one, and Jesus was 
left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 

38 And Jesus said unto her. Woman, where 
are thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? 

39 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said 
unto her. Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and sin 
no more. 

40 Ye judge after the flesh. I judge no man; 
yet if I judge him, my judgment is true, for I am 
not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 

41 Whosoever committeth sin is the servant 
of sin. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall 
make you^free. 



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42 No man, having put his hands to the plow 
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 

43 Then came the Sadducees, which say there 
is no resurrection, and ask Jesus, saying, 

44 Now there were seven brethren, and the 
first took a wife and died, and the second took her 
and died, and the third likewise. 

45 And the seven had her, and last of all the 
woman died also. In the resurrection whose wife 
shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 

46 Jesus answered and said unto them, The 
children of this world marry and are given in mar- 
riage. In the resurrection they neither marry nor 
are given in marriage; neither can they suffer nor die 
any more, for they are equal unto the angels, and 
are the children of God, being the childreti of the 
resurrection. 

47 The dead are raised; God is not a God of 
the dead, but of the living. All men, past and pres- 
ent, live unto God. 

48 And then the Pharisees took counsel, that 
they might entangle Jesus, and they asked him, say- 
ing. Tell us, is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar? 

49 And Jesus said. Why tempt ye me? Show 
me- the tribute money. And they brought him a 
penny. And he saitli unto them. Whose is this 
image and superscription? They say unto him, 
Caesar's. Then saith he unto them. Render there- 
fore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and 
unto God the things that are God's. 

50 When they heard these words, they mar- 
velled and went away. Jesus looked up and saw the 
rich casting their gifts into the treasury. 

51 And he saw also a certain poor widow cast- 
ing in thither two mites. 



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52 And he said, Of a truth this poor widow 
hath cast in more than they alh 

53 For all of these have cast in of their abund- 
ance, but she of her penury hath cast in all she had. 



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CHAPTER XI. 

Death — New birth into heaven — Explained to Nicode- 
mus — All shall know the voice of the Son of God — Death 
described — ^The angels shall appear — Shall take all to the 
judgment bar as soon as dead — Death swallowed up in victory 
— The judgment — Rewards to the righteous and wicked — This 
gospel to be preached so the world will have no cloak for its 
sins — Building house on rock and sand — Christ's poverty in 
this world's goods. 

1 Verily, verily, I say unto you. The hour is 
coming, and now is, when the. dead shall hear the 
voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall 
live. . 

2 The dead shall come forth : they that have 
done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they 
that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation. 

3 As the Father hath life in himself, so he has 
given to the Son of man to have life in himself; and 
because I have life, thou shalt live also. 

4 Jesus said. Destroy the temple of my body, 
and I will build it up again in three days. 

5 Verily I say unto you. Except a man be born 
again, he cannot enter the kingdom of God in 
heaven. 

6 And Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, saith 
unto him, How can a man be born again when he is 
old ? Can he enter a second time into his mother's 
womb and be born again ? 

7 And Jesus answered. Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of 
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. 



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8 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and 
that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

9 Marvel not that I say, Ye must be born 
again. 

10 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and 
thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell 
whence it cometh or whither it goeth; so is every 
one that is born of the Spirit. 

11 And Nicodemus said unto him, How can 
these things be ? And Jesus said, Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, We speak that which we do know, 
and testify that we have seen, and ye receive not our 
witness. And no man hath ascended up to heaven 
except he came from heaven, even the Son of man 
which is in heaven. 

12 The hour is come that the Son of man 
should be glorified. 

13 Except ye be converted and become as 
little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 

14 Verily I say unto you. Except a corn of 
wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone ; 
but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit : some 
thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred fold. 

15 What shall your harvest be ? 

16 Life is even as a vapor which appeareth for 
a little while and then vanisheth away. 

17 A woman, when she is in travail, hath sor- 
row because her hour is come ; but as soon as she is 
delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the 
anguish for joy that a man is born into the world. 

18 Then shall there be great tribulations 
when ye are born again into the kingdom of heaven, 
and as the lightning cometh. QUt of the east an,d 



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shineth even unto the west, so shall also the com- 
ing of the Son of man be into thee. 

19 In your patience possess ye your souls, for 
there shall not a hair of your head perish. 

20 Immediately after the tribulation of those 
days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall 
not give her light, and the stars shall fall from 
heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken, 
as it were. The golden bowl shall be broken, and 
the silver cord of life loosened, and the temple of 
thy body shall be broken and laid low. 

21 The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh 
away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

22 Wheresoever the body is, there will be the 
eagles gathered together. 

23 The flesh profiteth nothing then. And 
wheresoever a' newborn soul is, there shall be the 
angels also. 

24 It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 

26 Then shall appear the sign of the Son of 
man in heaven, and he shall send his angels, nurses, 
guides, and comforters in white shining raiment, 
and with countenances as lightning, and as with a 
great sound of a trumpet. - 

26 They shall say unto thee, Soul, arise; come 
with us to the kingdom of heaven. 

27 In that day thou shalt be with me in 
paradise. 

28 The body to dust, the soul to heaven. 

29 Death shall be swallowed up in victory, and 
God will wipe away all tears from all faces, and all 
sorrow from all hearts. 

30 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, 
where i? thy victory ? 



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31 And as one star diifereth from another in 
glory, so shall the children of the resurrection. 

32 Thus shall be gathered all the nations of 
the earth, from the uttermost parts of the earth to 
the uttermost parts of heaven. 

33 Be ye ready and watch, for ye know not 
what hour your Lord doth come. 

34 Who then is a faithful and wise servant 
whom the Lord has made ruler over his household, 
to give them meat in due season. 

35 Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, 
when he cometh, shall find waiting and prepared. 

36 Verily I say unto you, He shall make him 
ruler over all he hath. 

37 He shall hear the welcome plaudit. Well 
done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been 
faithful over a few things ; I will make thee a ruler 
over many. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 

38 But if that evil servant shall say in his 
heart. My Lord delayeth coming, and shall begin to 
beat the men servants and maidens, and to eat and 
drink, and be drunken with gluttons and drunkards, 

39 The Lord of that servant shall come in a 
day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour 
when he is not aware, and he will cut him asunder, 
and will appoint him his portion with the unbe- 
lievers and hypocrites. 

40 What I say unto you, I say unto all. Watch, 
for ye know not when the time is; for, as a snare, 
death shall come on all them that dwell on the face 
of the whole earth. 

41 When the Son of man shall come in his 
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall 
he sit on the throne of his glory. 

42 And before him shall be gathered all na- 



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tions, and tie shall separate tliem one from another, 
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. 

43 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand 
and the goats on his left hand. 

44 Then shall the King say unto them on his 
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit 
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world. 

45 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me 
meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a 
stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed 
me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, 
and ye came unto me. 

4G Then shall the righteous answer him, say- 
ing. Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed 
thee, or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 

47 When saw we thee a stranger, and took 
thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? 

48 Or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and 
came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say 
unto them. Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch as ye 
have done it to the least of my brethren, ye have 
done it unto me. 

49 Then shall he say to them on his left hand. 
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire pre- 
pared for the devil and his angels. 

50 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no 
meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I 
was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and 
ye clothed me not ; sick and in prison, and ye visited 
me not. 

51 Then they also answer, saying. Lord, when 
saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister 
unto thee? 



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52 Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily 
I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of 
the least of these, ye did it not unto me. 

53 And these shall go away into everlasting 
punishment, but the righteous into life eternal. 

54 And this gospel of the kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness, shall be preached in all the 
world, for a witness to all nations, so the world shall 
have no cloak for its sins. 

55 Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine 
and doeth them, him will I liken unto a wise man, 
which built his house upon a rock. 

56 And the rains descended, and the floods 
came, and the winds blew and beat vehemently on 
that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a 
rock. 

57 And whosoever heareth these sayings of 
mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a 
foolish man which built his house upon the sand. 

58 And the rains descended, and the floods 
came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, 
and great was the fall of it. 

59 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended 
these sayings, the people were astonished at his 
doctrines, for He spake as inan never spake before, 
and taught them as one having authority. 

60 And a certain scribe said unto Jesus, Mas- 
ter, I will follow thee wherever thou goest. 

61 Jesus said unto him. The foxes have holes, 
and the birds have nests, but the Son of man hath 
not where to lay his head. 



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CHAPTER XII. 

HEAVEN. 

God created it and spread it out — Garnished it — He rul- 
eth it — Many mansions — Each star a mansion — Full of angelic 
life — All good, clean, dud beautiful — No marriages, pain, or 
sorrow there — Life is eternal — We will know each other — 
Angels travel and work — Work does not fatigue — All are 
young there — They are children of light, and they shine as the 
sun — They differ in glory, according to their works — Why we 
do not see them here — All are perfected there as their work 
shall be — God's voice fills the infinite heavens, cheering the 
angels — The mind cannot conceive the good things there — 
A star as bright as the morning star for the good — The sun 
and his planets our heaven — Nothing vile or unclean can 
enter heaven — The angels cannot get unclean — The raiment 
of the angels, peace and contentment. 

1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and 
the firmament sheweth his power and wisdom. 

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night un- 
to night sheweth knowledge. 

3 God created the heavens and the earth and 
spread them out by his light, his love, and his 
strength. 

4 And he called the firmament heaven^ and his 
speech and his law are perfect. 

5 He has most beautifully garnished the heav- 
ens by his spirit and light. 

6 Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, 
for hea^^en is God's throne, and the earth is his 
footstool. 

7 God ruleth the starry heavens by his light 
and his spirit, his love, his knowledge, and his 
strength. 

8 He is greater than all and he fills the heavens 
and the earth, and he goes where and when he will 



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as an angel and as many great angels, and as all the 
angels and as all the gods. And in his house there 
are many mansions. Each star in the firmament is 
a mansion for him and his children, the angels. 

9 Heaven is the house of God and is his throne, 
and is the abode of the angels, and is full of life, and 
is garnished so pure and clean that angels may love 
and worship God through eternity in their bright 
shining raiment and not soil or stain them, for they 
are the sons and daughters of God. 

10 There is no dirt nor filth in heaven, nor 
moth nor rust. All is as clean as the light of the 
sun and as bright as the light of many suns. 

1 1 The glory of God gives light to the heavens, 
and he hath wiped away all tears from all faces, and 
all sorrow from all hearts in heaven. 

12 There is no death, nor pain, nor suffering; 
for all is peace, happiness, and joy. 

13 There are no marriages in heaven as in this 
world; but the family circle and patriarchal groups 
prevail there, and every one is drawn to his father 
and mother and patriarchal group. 

14 The angels of heaven know and rejoice 
with each other. There is no heat nor cold in heaven. 
Everything is the most beautiful, pleasant, and 
happy. 

15 The feasts of heaven are always spread and 
the waters of life and the trees of life are abundant, 
but not like waters, trees, and feasts of this world ; 
but are free to all, and conduce to eternal life, peace, 
and joy. 

16 The heavens have no bounds, and life there 
is eternal. Ye cannot understand what eternity is, 
nor what infinity is, nor what God is, for he is both 



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infinity and eternity. Trouble not yourselves about 
these matters, but trust in God. 

17 The angels can travel at will, but do not 
leave their own mansion or star till commanded to 
do so by their Father or his elect angels. 

18 The angels work, and work does not fatigue 
them. Their chief work is to bring in young angels 
from this and like worlds, and to guide and comfort 
them, and teach them all truth, even in hell, if they 
are lost. 

19 If a man or child dies in this world, they 
go for the young angel at once, and the angels of 
young children, dying in infancy, are nursed and 
reared up in heaven to be the most beautiful, perfect, 
and pleasant in the kingdom of God. 

20 The angels sing hosannas and songs of 
praise to God, and music and dancing is heard in 
heaven. There is no music where their voices are 
not heard. 

21 The angels are the comforters and guides 
of the dead. They keep the law and cheerfully obey 
God, Christ, the holy prophets, and the patriarchs. 

22 They are the children of light, and shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 

23 Marvel not at this, for it is as easy for God 
to make an angel out of light as it is to make a man 
out of dust. 

24 The body of man is weak, and will soon die; 
the body of the angel is strong, and will never die. 

25 God is light, God is love, God is life, and is 
everlasting, and in him there is great strength; and 
by the strength of his life God made the infinite 
starry heavens and put them in motion, and keeps 
them in motion. 

26 As God lives, they all must move as they do 



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now, and have always; for they are given action 
and indestructibility, as the angels are, by his life. 
All the suns, stars, and moons make obeisance to him 
and in his life there is all strength and power. 

27 In man there is life also, and that life exists 
in angel form in secret to him, and to all great phy- 
sicians in this world. That life in man has made 
itself a habitation in this world, the natural body. 

28 That life, or angel, within his natural body 
is not the product of the flesh of his body, but the 
body is the product of the soul within it. The soul 
gives the body life and action. It moves it about at 
its will. 

2 9 The corporeal body of man may be destroyed 
by disease, by violence, or worn out by old age, 
when it is no longer fit for the soul to inhabit, and 
will no longer work at the will of the soul. 

30 The soul then withdraws gently through the 
brain and eyes, and is received by its kindred angels 
and is taken to heaven. The body when thus left is 
but a carcass, and is never more needed by the soul, 
and it returns to dust. 

31 The human eye is the organ that denotes 
the soul of an angel that is within man. 

32 God is perfect; his law is perfect. Man is 
not perfect, but he is feeble. Still he is progressing 
through this world, and as sure as law prevails, he 
will soon find himself in heaven, there to be rewarded 
a thousand fold for every good deed and thought 
rendered in this world. 

33 This is true, even if the wicked are drawn 
through hell for repentance, preparation, and in- 
struction, and remain there till rendered worthy of 
heaven. 

34 Our Father in heaven is light and life, and 



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he is God of all tlie gods, and is as a consuming fire 
in liis love and goodness. 

35 Our Mother in heaven is love, and she is 
the goddess of heaven, and the most beautiful, kind, 
merciful, and good of all. 

36 Truth and mercy are her handmaids. 

37 Truth is the judge of the people of this 
world and of all nations, and she holds justice in 
her right hand. 

38 Mercy gives to each angel its reward, most 
bounteously awarded by truth, and holds alms and 
charity in her right hand. 

39 Christ, our Lord and Master, is Lord of 
lords, and King of kings, and a great teacher of the 
holy word of God, and is an angel elect. ' 

40 These five agree as one. 

41 The man's body is made of earth. The 
angel's body is made of light, and will not perish, 
but will live for evermore. 

42 As one star differeth from another in glory 
in the starry heavens, so do the angels of the resur- 
rection in heaven. In heaven there are the least 
angels and great angels, and perfect or mighty 
angels, and great elect angels. 

43 There is also life, and life more abundant, 
and perfect life, which have been determined by the 
angel's sins in this life, and by the man himself 
while here on earth. 

44 This difference of angels in the kingdom of 
heaven is as thirty is to one hundred, and all the way 
between these numbers. 

45 For the wicked sinners, even murderers, 
have more good works than they are usually credited 
with in this world, and every good work shall have 
its reward. 



46 The least angels have all the happiness and 
joy in heaven they can contain, on the principle 
that the child in its mother's arms is as happy as its 
mother. 

47 Marvel not, nor doubt not, because 3^e can 
not see the angels' of heaven. A man, before he is 
born into this world, has eyes, and cannot see ; he 
has ears, and cannot hear the things of this world; 
but when he is born and awakened into the world, 
he sees and hears them. 

48 He can also dimly and faintly see and hear 
the things of heaven. He is almost blind and deaf 
as to heaven, but the veil of secrecy is sometimes 
lifted away. 

• 49 When he dies in the flesh, he is born again; 
he is then born an angel in heaven unto eternal life, 
and then he sees and hears perfectly. He sees the 
angels and hears them perfectly. 

60 He sees the things of the Father and is 
taught of the Father by the angels. The angels of 
heaven can only see of the Father, he is so great. 

51 God, our Father in heaven, is greater than 
all. He fills the heavens and the earth with his 
Spirit, and his light, and his life. His love, his 
mercy, his strength, his knowledge, his perception, 
his waters of life, and feasts, and his goodness 
abound all through the heavens forever. 

62 He seeth and heareth all things. He is 
not far away, but is a God at hand. 

63 His voice fills the infinite heavens, enliven- 
ing the angels and cheering them, and commanding 
men to keep his holy commandments and not do 
evil, and love and trust in him. This voice of God 
speaking to man z's conscience. 

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pearance. Adam acd Eve are young. The old 
patriarchs, prophets, the old grandmothers and 
grandfathers are all young angels, and though per- 
fected in heaven, yet are as readily known by their 
children as when they were here in this world. 

65 There are no gray hairs or wrinkles there, 
but all are perfect as their works are. The old are 
made young, and every girl has her best boy, and 
every boy has his best girl. And the weak are made 
strong, and the wicked made good and humble and 
obedient, but are not very great, because of their 
evil deeds. 

56 God^s children rejoice in his love and 
majesty, and will not worship each other, nor any 
but him. 

57 Nothing that is vile, unclean, or wicked can 
enter heaven. 

58 Bow, all ye men, women, and children. Bow, 
all ye nations of the earth, and render obedience 
unto God. 

59 For eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, 
neither can the mind of man conceive the good 
things that God hath prepared for them who love 
him and keep his commandments to the best of their 
ability and their opportunities. 

60 God and the angels have senses and powers 
that can not be understood in this world, and pleas- 
ures and joys unknown to us. 

61 Seek ye the kingdom of God and his love 
and righteousness, and all these things shall be 
added unto you. 

62 And ye shall appear in the glory of your 
Father in heaven as his sons and daughters. 

63 Come out from the tombs of unbelief, of 
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and keep his commandments, lest ye fall short of his 
glory he has provided for you. 

64 Every star in the starry heavens is one of 
the mansions that God has made for his children, 
and is suited to the tastes and the pleasures of all of 
them. Heaven has room for all, and is the resting- 
place for all the people of God. 

65 The stars of heaven are clean and pure, and 
of the finest and most durable material, and of the 
finest architecture. They are very beautiful, and 
many of them enchantingly so, and so as to suit the 
tastes and pleasures of all the angels in heaven, 
however great or small the angel may be. 

66 The wedding garments or raiment of the 
angels are not made with hands, but they arise from 
the glory and strength of their bodies. 

67 And their crowns of glory, on their heads, 
that fade not away, are not made with hands, but 
arise from the love, humility, wisdom, and intelli- 
gence of the angel. 

Q8 The raiment and the crowns of glory are 
perfectly satisfactory and pleasing to each angel in 
heaven, for they are all splendid and charming to 
each, and all that is required to fill the measure of 
joy of each and every one. 

69 All are satisfied and pleased with their 
rewards, and love, plenty, and peace reign in heaven, 
and all the angels rejoice in their glory, and love 
and praise God. 

70 Thy heaven is dimly in thy sight. Fear 
not, and doubt not, for your Father in heaven is 
your friend, and will finally draw all of you into 
heaven, and gather you unto your fathers and 
mothers. 

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God is greater than all the heavens, bnt his children 
the elect angels assist in the government of heaven; 

72 But have no power to change the laws of 
God, for that would shake the heavens. 

73 The wicked are not great in heaven, but 
the good and obedient are great. 

74 The elect angels are gods and goddesses, 
and abound throughout the infinite and eternal 
heavens. 

75 That great luminary, our sun, and his sys- 
tem of planets around his power and subject to him 
and committed to his care, is our heaven and is our 
home, where we shall live for ever and for ever. 

76 Christ said. And unto him that is faithful 
unto the end will I give the morning star. 

77 And he said, I am the bright and morning 
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CHAPTER XIII. 

HElvL AND THE EXILE. 

Hell is a purgatory to remove sins — A school of instruc- 
tion and repentance and cleansing— Sinners cleansed by God's 
love and righteousness, not by fire — The work is done by 
angels — Hell is the sinner's condition — First, second, and 
third divisions of hell — Repentance in hell — Finally each 
arises and goes to God, as they repent, until they all go — 
Necessity for a hell— God's love for sinners the same as a 
mother's love for her child — The land and the sea — Death and 
hell must give up their dead unto God — The angel of hell is 
his servant — The blight of sin after repentance — Falling short 
of the glory of God is eternal punishment. 

1 Hell is a purgatory for the removal of the 
scales and stains of sin from the wicked, and reform- 
ing of unworthy sinners; but it cannot remove the 
blight and abasement that sinners bring on them- 
selves by voluntary and uncalled-for sins committed 
in the service of mammon and Satan. 

2 It is the only preparatory school for the 
wicked of this world. There they are purified and 
taught, so as to be worthy of heaven; and without 
which they cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. 

3 When a sinner is so vile that he is not 
worthy to enter heaven, he is lost in hell ; and that 
is his only refuge and is his choice, and he readily 
goes there. 

4 Heaven is God's throne, and this earth is 
his footstool, and hell is an advancement over this 
world. Hell is not hot 7tor cold. 

5 It is the sinner's condition that troubles him. 
His weakness in mind and body is his ailment. 

6 The abasement and blight of his sins seem 
to him as fire in hell, but it is not. The separation 



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of sin or evil from the good in the angel shows up 
the weakness and folly of both mind and body of 
each transgressor of God's holy laws. 

7 The sun of God's love and righteousness and 
truth shines down upon the sinner in hell with 
cleansing and purifying in its light and wings. 

8 In course of time it separates the evil from 
the good in the lost sinner, and each sinner in hell, 
as a shepherd divideth his goats from his sheep, and 
as the harvester divideth the tares from the wheat. 

9 The tares, or evil portion of the sinner, are 
burned, as it were; but the good portion of him is 
saved in heaven, let that be great or small, and con- 
stitutes the life and measure of the angel. 

10 This must be done, and the sinner made 
pure and righteous before he can be admitted into 
heaven, for nothing impure can enter there. 

11 And when released from hell and admitted 
into heaven, no powxr there can change the reward 
and measure of joy of that angel; for it is then full, 
according to its works. 

12 The law has fixed its measure, in body and 
mind, according to its works, and it must remain so; 
and in that respect punishment is eternal, but is not 
done of God, but of the sinner himself. 

13 The sinner may make proportional advance- 
ment with the righteous in heaven, but never so 
much as to break his rank and measure of rewards 
in heaven. As the tree falleth, so it lieth, in rank 
and rewards. 

14 Hell has no dominion or power over the 
good and righteous. The angels of heaven may visit 
it with safety and with pleasure. With joy they see 
it is for the best, and that the fallen and lost angels 
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15 All that is vile and mean in man is drawn 
from his soul in hell; and when the soul of man is 
thus purified, as if by fire, it is not yet prepared for 
heaven. 

16 It must hear the gospel of love, righteous- 
ness, mercy, humility, justice, and charity, and must 
believe it, repent, and remember their Father in 
heaven. 

17 Then they can arise and go to their, Father 
in heaven and receive the same royal welcome in 
like manner that the prodigal son received, and be 
rewarded for all the good works or fruits they bear. 

18 This preparation in hell is accomplished 
by the most competent teachers sent from heaven; 
for God will not entrust the care of his children in 
hell to any other. 

19 The chief angel of hell is a great teacher 
and doctor of divinity, and is a great angel and 
servant of God. So are all of his angels who assist 
him, male and female. 

20 They do their work so thoroughly that all 
unbelief, hypocrisy, whitewashing, cloaks for sin, 
lying, greed, covetousness, false teaching, pride, and 
evil will disappear like a heavy frost before a sum- 
mer's sun, and never to return again on that angel. 

21 " Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, left the 
right hand of the power of God, and went and 
preached to the spirits of the lost in the prison of 
hell; and the angels teach in turn, only not always 
the same ones. 

22 When fully prepared, each one receives the 
wedding garment or raiment and crown of glory, 
foolish virgins and all, according to their respect- 
ive merits; and they arise and are conducted to 
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shouts of their brethren and sisters and their Father. 

23 This ye call the damnation of hell, but is 
the salvation of God unto the wicked. 

24 There are three grades of hell. The first 
is for the very wicked, such as murderers, robbers, 
oppressors of the poor and weak, blasphemers against 
the Holy Ghost. 

25 Some of these remain in hell a thousand 
years before they repent. 

26 The second grade of hell is for lesser trans- 
gressors. In it are those who will not work for their 
living when able; are beaten with stripes (as it were) 
to reform them; and so with many other sinners of 
lesser grades of sins. 

27 The third grade is for those who are guilty 
of the least sins, and is for prodigals, spendthrifts, 
blackguards, and such like. 

28 Each heaven in the infinite starry firma- 
ment has a hell unto itself, for there are many worlds 
of men like this, and nothing vile or unclean can 
enter into our heaven, or any heaven in God's infi- 
nite creation, or all would be strife and confusion, 
and there would be no rest, joy, or pleasure in the 
whole heavens. 

29 What greater love hath any than a mother 
has for her child, except God? Yet in its infancy and 
helplessness, and when able to crawl, and it gets 
filthy, she will prepare herself and take it in her lap 
and wash it clean, put on clean clothes, comb its 
hair, and nurse it, and then put it to bed, greatly 
improved and benefited by her care and labor. 

30 But while she is doing this, her infant child 
will cry and kick. As her infant boy grows larger, 
she will sometimes chastise him with stripes, if her 
persuasion will not suf&ce to make him obedient. 



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31 SHe teaches him till he is prepared to enter 
upon the duties of life in this world. 

32 Who will say she does not love her child, 
or that she rears him up into manhood through 
malice, hatred, or revenge to her child? 

33 Nay, she does these humble services to her 
infant boy through the most tender love, mercy, 
goodness, and hope for her boy. 

34 And God doth the like unto all of his chil- 
dren at all times, at all places, and in all conditions. 

35 He chastens, as a mother, whom he loveth, 
and does the best he can for all. Trust in him, for 
he loves you, and his tender mercy endureth forever 
unto all. 

36 J^or the sea and the land^ and death and hell^ 
shall give up their dead unto hi7n^ and all shall be 
rewarded for their good works in glory. 

37 And they must be given up to him immedi- 
ately they die in this world, and receive their 
rewards in heaven, if just and righteous in heart ; if 
not, for his preparation, reform, and instruction in 
hell. For no man, woman, or child ever was in a 
grave, unless buried alive, but only his carcass, and 
that profiteth nothing evermore; for who would 
exchange his heavenly body of beauty, of strength, 
of power, of glory, and of life everlasting for a body 
of clay, dust, and death? 

38 This is the only use or need of hell. But 
the abasement and blight of the soul, and his capac- 
ity for honor, pleasure, and joy in heaven, can never 
be changed in earth, hell, or heaven, except by good 
works here on earth. 

39 The angels that sin are cast down to 
hell and are lost by their sins, and are reserved unto 
repentance and unto a second judgment, which 



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occurs when they are able to pass that judgment 
and go to the Father. 

40 A man's mother would not seek to take her 
son out of hell and introduce him into heaven until 
he was made worthy and truly prepared, for there 
is no cloak to sin in heaven. 

41 But the wicked man should forsake his 
ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and 
turn unto God and his love and righteousness, here 
in this world, and escape the damnation of hell and 
his loss of glory in the kingdom of God. 

42 Fear sin, the devil, and hell, for it is ever- 
lasting loss to your souls; and this loss of glory is 
represented by such words as ^' everlasting punish- 
ment," ^^ hell-fire," ^'damnation," '^ shall perish," 
^' bottomless pit," and " destruction," because the 
soul cannot recover from it, even in heaven. 

THK KXIIvB. 

Its nature — A matter of choice for some angels — Only 
the very wicked choose it — Blasphemy against the Holy 
Ghost — Such choose the exile — If a man is punished in this 
world, he will not be in the next — Angels in exile have all the 
feasts of heaven, and are contented. 

1 There are crimes committed by men, though 
they repent in hell and are purified, and go to their 
Father in heaven and receive all the rewards and 
joy they can contain, yet the glory of God and 
heaven is too great and splendid for them. 

2 And they shall choose a place in heaven 
which is less resplendent. The glory of heaven 
around the throne of God is more than they wish, 
and they separate themselves and are assigned to a 
place less splendid, so as to suit them, and this place 
is the exile. 

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the Holy Ghost by killing their fellow-man, or by 
human oppression in its many forms, in this world, 
without cause. 

4 Their shame and degradation is less visible 
in the exile, and they choose it and go there vol- 
untarily. 

5 If, however, a man killeth another man in 
this world and is tried and convicted of murder, and 
pays the penalty with his life, and confesses the 
crime and asks pardon of God and man, that is a 
full atonement here and in heaven. 

6 And if he steals and confesses his crime on 
the cross, as the thief did, and asks to be pardoned, 
that is a full atonement in earth and heaven. 

7 These angels in exile have all the joy they 
can contain, and the tree of life and the waters of 
life and feasts of heaven in abundance and freely, 
but they cannot endure the best places in heaven. 
It is more than they like, and they go into exile as a 
matter of pleasure and choice, where they can better 
enjoy themselves in their conditions. 

8 For heaven is beautifully variegated, so as to 
suit the tastes, joys, and pleasures of the angels, 
whatever their conditions may be. 

9 The good and righteous shun the exile, for it 
is not suited to them and their tastes and pleasures. 

10 Let all shun it and live nearer to the throne 
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CHAPTER XIV. 

Christ's ministry — He sends out his disciples to preach 
— They return with joy — Jesus baptized not, but his disciples 
— He goes to the Feast of Tabernacles and preaches — Warned 
that Herod would kill him — Great multitudes hear him preach 
— The transfiguration of Christ to angel form — His glorious 
appearance — What he did during his ministry — He ordains 
his church — Gives St. Peter, his oldest apostle, the keys to 
heaven —Jesus and his disciples go to Jerusalem at the Feast of 
the Passover — They went by Jacob's Well to Bethany — There 
a supper was given them — Mary, the sister of Martha, anoints 
his head and feet against his death and burial — His triumphal 
entry into Jerusalem — He drove the money-changers from the 
temple with a scourge of small plaited ropes — He and his 
apostles eat the Passover — He instituted the sacrament of his 
supper— Washes his disciples' feet — He appoints Judas, and 
commanded him to betray him, and ordered him to do so 
quickly — Poor Judas humbly obeys his Master, and then 
hanged himself for grief. 

1 Jesus preached this gospel of the kingdom 
of God, on the mount, on the plains, on the sea, in 
the temple and synagogue at Jerusalem, and through- 
out all Jewry. 

2 Jesus sent his twelve disciples out to preach 
the gospel of the kingdom of God. 

3 And then he sent seventy more in couples, 
saying unto them, Preach that the Kingdom of God 
is nigh unto you. 

4 This was during his ministry. The disciples 
returned with joy at their success. 

5 And Jestis said, I beheld Satan as lightning 
fall from heaven. 

6 Jesus made and baptized more disciples than 
John; 

7 Though Jesus baptized not, but his disciples. 

8 Jesus went up to Jerusalem at the Feast of 



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Tabernacles, and taught in the temple in the day- 
time, and went out to the Mount of Olives at night, 
though he was warned that Herod would kill him. 

9 And great multitudes followed him and came 
to hear him preach. The Jews laid no hand on him. 

10 Jesus took part of his disciples out into a 
high mountain, and was transfigured before them, 
and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment 
was white as the light. 

11 And behold, there appeared Moses and 
Elijah' talking with him. A bright cloud over- 
shadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, 
saying : 

12 This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased; hear ye him. And the disciples were sore 
afraid, 

13 Jesus, during his ministry, healed the sick, 
made the lame whole, cast out devils or evil spirits, 
opened the eyes of the blind, fed the hungry, raised 
the dead, walked on the sea, stilled the tempest, and 
preached the gospel to the poor. 

14 When Jesus came into the coasts of Philippi 
he asked his disciples, Whom do men say I am? 

15 And they said. Some say thou art John the 
Baptist risen from the dead; some say thou art 
Elijah the prophet, or one of the old prophets. 

16 And he said unto them. Whom do ye say 
that I am? 

17 Then Peter answered, saying. Thou art the 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

18' And Jesus answered. Blessed art thou, 
Peter; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this 
unto thee, but my Father in heaven. 

19 On this rock will I build my church; and 
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 



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20 And I will give unto thee tlie keys of tlie 
kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever ye shall justly 
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what- 
soever ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

21 And from that time Jesus began to show 
unto his disciples how he must go into Jerusalem 
and suffer many things of the chief priests, elders, 
and scribes, and be killed, and rise again on the 
third day. 

22 Then Peter said, Far be it from thee, Lord; 
this thing shall not come unto thee. 

23 Then Jesus said, Get thee behind me, Satan; 
thou savorest too much of the things of this world, 
and not the things of God. 

24 Then Jesus and his disciples returned into 
Galilee, and in the thirty- third year of his age, the 
Feast of the Passover drew nigh. 

25 And Jesus took his twelve apostles to him, 
and said, We go up to Jerusalem, and there shall the 
Son of man be delivered to the Gentiles and be 
crucified, and shall rise again on the third day. 

26 Then Jesus began his journey to Jerusalem 
to preach and celebrate the Passover, and a great 
multitude of men and women followed him. 

27 Then Jesus and his disciples came to 
Jericho, and there he healed Zaccheus, the publican, 
and from thence they journeyed on to Jerusalem, 
going by Jacob's Well. 

28 They arrived at Bethany, a small town 
about three miles from Jerusalem, six days before 
the Feast of the Passover; 

29 Where they made him a supper, and Martha 
served. 

30 Then took Mary, the sister of Lazarus, 
whom Jesus had raised from the dead, a pound of 



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very costly ointment and anointed Jesus, and wiped 
his feet with her hair, against his death and burial. 

31 Then Jesus said. Verily I say unto you, 
Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the 
whole world, this also shall be spoken of, for a 
memorial of her. 

32 From Bethany Jesus and his disciples made 
a most triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Many of 
his disciples came out to meet him. 

33 And many spread their garments in the 
way, and many cut down branches off the trees and 
strewed them in the way. 

34 And the multitude cried, Hosannah! 
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 
Hosannah in the highest! 

35 And when Jesus was come into Jerusalem, 
all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 

36 And the multittide said. This is Jesus, the 
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 

37 And Jesus went into the temple of God, 
and cast out all of them that sold and bought in the 
temple, and overthrew the tables of the money- 
changers, and scourged them out of the temple with 
a scourge of small plaited ropes. 

38 And said unto them. It is written. My 
house shall be called a house of prayer; but ye have 
made it a den of thieves, 

39 And the blind and lame came to him in the 
temple, and he healed them. And when the chief 
priest, elders, and scribes saw the wonderful things 
he did, and the children crying in the temple, 
Hosannah to the son of David ! they were sore dis- 
pleased and took counsel to kill him. 

40 He left the temple in the evening, and 

w^enf- out to T^ethanv anH rpinaitiprl therp that nip'ht. 



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41 In the morning he came back to the temple 
and taught in it, and again healed the sick, the lame 
and blind, and continued to preach the gospel of the 
kingdom of God and heal the sick till Thursday 
evening. 

42 He well knew that the priests and elders 
had conspired to take him and put him to death on 
the cross. 

43 In the daytime he was teaching in the 
temple, and at night he went out and abode in the 
Mount of Olives, and the people came early in the 
morning to hear him. 

44 Now the Passover drew nigh, and the chief 
priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; 
for they feared the people. 

45 OnWednesday certain Pharisees and scribes 
came to Jesus, saying. Get thee out, and depart 
hence, for Herod will kill thee. 

46 And Jesus said unto them. Go ye and tell 
him that I preach the gospel in the temple and cast 
out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and 
on the third d^y (meaning Friday) / shall be per- 
fected (meaning through death). 

47 It cannot be possible that a prophet shall 
perish out of Jerusalem. 

48 Then Jesus sent Peter and John, saying. 
Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat. 

49 And they went and made ready the Pass- 
over; and when the hour was come, he sat down 
with the twelve apostles. 

50 And he said unto them, I have desired to 
eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 

51 For I will ifot eat any more with you, till it 
be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 



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52 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the dis- 
ciples, and said. Take, eat ; this is my body. 

53 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and 
gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it ; 

54 For this is my blood of the new testament, 
which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 

55 But I say unto you, I will not drink hence- 
forth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when 
I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 

56 Truly the Son of man goeth as it was 
determined; and behold, and the hand of him that 
shall betray me is with me on the table. 

57 And they began to be sorrowful, and to 
inquire among themselves which of them it was 
that should do this thing. And they began to ask 
Jesus, Lord, is it I ? Lord, is it I ? 

58 Then Jesus said, I speak not of all of you: 
I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture 
may be fulfilled. He that eateth bread with me shall 
lift up his heel against me. 

59 Then Jesus, when he had thus said, he was 
troubled, and said unto them. Verily I say unto 
you, that one of you shall betray me. 

60 Then the disciples looked one on another, 
doubting of whom he spake. 

61 John was lying on Jesus' breast, and Peter 
beckoned him that he ask Jesus who it should be. 

62 John then asked. Lord, who is it? 

63 And Jesus answered. He it is to whom I 
shall give a sop. 

64 And when he dipped the sop, he gave it to 
Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 



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65 And tlien said Jesus to Judas, Thai thou 
ddest^ do quickly, 

66 Judas, being thus selected to act in the 
great tragedy of his Master's death, went out in the 
night immediately. 

67 Then said Jesus, Now is the . Son of man 
glorified, and God is glorified in him. 

68 Then Jiisus riseth from supper, and took a 
towel and girded it about him, and after that he 
poured water into a basin and washed his disciples^ 
feet, teaching them love, humility, and charity. 

69 Then Judas went, in pursuance of the com- 
mission of his Master, and saw the chief priests and 
elders, and they gave him thirty pieces of silver to 
betray Jesus into their hands. 

70 Judas was treasurer of Christ's church, and 
was not aware that the Jews could take or destroy 
his Master. 

71 Then Jesus and his disciples sang a hymn 
and departed, and went out to the Mount of Olives, 
where he preached his farewell sermon to his dis- 
ciples. 

72 This was on Thursday evening before our 
present Easter Sunday, and in the thirty-third year 
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CHAPTER XV. 

Christ's farewell to his disciples — He cried and said, "I 
and my Father are one, but he is greater than I; he is greater 
than all" — All things made known to the disciples — He sends 
them to preach — Love and peace enjoined — lyife in heaven — 
He to be cast out from this earth — **Be not troubled" — Ye 
shall live — He will draw all men unto him — The Holy Spirit 
of truth — False prophets — "Judge ye what is right, but err 
not" — Christ is the way — Follow him — God judges no man, nor 
Christ, but the law — Christ came from the Father and goeth 
again to him— "In our Father's house are many mansions" — 
Be not afraid, but cheerful in your tribulations — He promises 
to come again — His prayer for the world and disciples. 

1 Jesus cried and said, He tiat believetli on 
me believetli not on me, but on bim that sent me ; 
and be tbat seetb me seetb bim tbat sent me. 

2 I and my Fatber are one, but my Fatber is 
greater tban I ; be is greater tban all. He fills tbe 
beavens and tbe eartb witb bis ligbt, spirit, love, per- 
ception, and goodness. 

3 I bave not sf)oken of myself, but tbe Fatber 
wbicb sent megave me a commandment wbat I sbould 
say, and wbat I sbould speak, and I know bis com- 
mandment is life everlasting. 

4 Even as tbe Fatber said unto me, so I speak 
and do. 

5 All things that I have heard of the Father 1 
have made known to you; and as I was sent by bim 
to preacb tbe gospel of tbe kingdom of God, bis 
trutb, bis love, mercy, cbarity, and rigbteousness, so 
I send you to preacb it unto tbe world. 

6 And ye sball impose no burden on my dis- 
ciples, except to abstain from idols and from sacrifices 
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7 I am the true vine and our Father is the 
husbandman. I am the vine and ye are branches. 

8 He thatabideth in me shall bring forth much 
fruit, and herein our Father is glorified, that ye 
bring much fruit, or good works. 

9 But without me and my gospel ye can do 
nothing. 

10 Remember, there is the least and the great 
in the kingdom of heaven. 

11 And there is life, and there is life more 
abundant, and there is perfect life of the elect, 
according to the good fruits ye bear. 

12 And there is damnation, and there is 
damnation the greater, and there is the damnation 
of hell, according to the evil fruits ye bear. 

13 If ye abide in me and my commandments, 
ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto 
you. 

14 As the Father loveth me, so I love you. 
Continue ye in my love. 

15 This is my commandment of the Father, 
that ye love one another, as I have loved you. 

16 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall 
abide in my love, even as I have kept our Father's 
commandments and abide in his love; and he that 
shall not try to keep his commandments does not love 
or believe in him. 

17 If ye love me, keep my commandments; if 
ye ask anything in my name, I will do it. 

18 If any man serve me, let him follow me; 
and where I am, there shall my servant be. 

19 And if any man serve me, him will our 
Father honor. 

20 Now is the judgment of this world; now 
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21 And /, when I be lifted up^ will draw all 
men unto me. 

22 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little 
while is the light with you; while ye have the light 
believe in the light, that ye may be the children of 
light. 

23 Let not your hearts be troubled. Ye that 
believe in God, believe in me also, and believe me 
that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. 

24 My Father doeth the works. 

25 Yet a little while and the world seeth me 
no more; but ye shall see me, because I go unto 
my Father. 

26 And because I live, ye shall live also in the 
kingdom of heaven; and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him and mani- 
fest myself unto him. 

27 In that day ye shall see me as I am. 

28 It is expedient that I go away, for then I 
will send you the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 
and he will reprove the world of sin, of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment. 

29 And when the Spirit of truth comes, he 
will guide you unto all truth. 

30 He will show you things to come, and he 
shall receive of mine, and show you thine kindred 
and brethren. All things the Father hath are mine, 
and all shall be thine if ye continue in my words. 

31 Beware of false prophets and false teachers. 

32 Ye shall know them by their fruits. If the 
blind lead the blind, shall they not both fall into the 
ditch? 

33 Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of 
thistles? 

34 Even so, every good tree bringeth forth 



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good fruit, but a corrupt tree briugeth forth evil 
fruit. 

35 God hatli given thee life, and Hatli also given 
thee reason, and hath commanded all men to exercise 
and improve that reason; and yea, why even of your- 
selves judge ye not what is right, and what is good, 
and what is evil? But do not err. 

36 If any man shall come after me and shall 
teach the commandments of God, and keep them, 
then he is indeed my disciple. 

37 But if he teaches the doctrines, the tradi- 
tions, the superstitions and follies of men, follow 
him not. 

38 FOLLOW THOU ME. 

39 I am the way^ the truth^ the resurrection^ 
and the life, 

40 Remember the word I said unto you. The 
servant is not greater than his master, nor the dis- 
ciple greater than his lord. Follow my command- 
ments. 

41 Little children, yet a little while and ye 
rshall see me no more. Now I go my way to him 

that sent me. 

42 My kingdom is not of this world. He that 
loveth me loveth the Father also, and he that hateth 
me hateth the Father also. 

43 God judgeth no man; neither do I. If any 
man heareth my words, and believeth them not, I 
judge him not, for I came not to judge^ but to save 
the world, 

44 But he 'that rejecteth me, and keepeth not 
my words, hath one that judgeth him. 

45 The word of truth that I have spoken shall 
judge him in the last day, 

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because I go to the Father in heaven^ and there ye 
shall come also. 

47 Verily, I say unto you, Ye shall weep and 
lament, and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow 
shall there be turned into joy. 

48 I will see you again and your heart shall ' 
rejoice, and your joy no man taketh away from you:- 

49 Verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye ask; 
the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 

50 / need not pray the Father^ for he loveth yoUj 
and in that day will give you whatsoever ye ask of 
him, 

51 And to whom much is given, much is re- 
quired; and to whom little is given, little is required. 

52 Ask and ye shall receive, that the measure 
of your joy shall be full. 

53 What shall the measure of thy joy be? 

54 These things have I spoken unto you, 
proverbs and parables, but the time cometh when I 
shall no more speak to you in proverbs. 

55 But I will show you plainly of the Father, > 
and the Spirit of truth shall guide you into all 
truth, and shall teach you all things, and shall bring 
all things to your remembrance, even all things I 
have said unto you. 

56 I came forth from the Father into this 
world, and now I leave the world and go again to the 
Father. 

57 Let not your hearts be troubled: 

58 In my Fa therms house there are many man- - 
sions: if it were not so, I would not tell you so. And 
I go to prepare a place for you. 

59 And when I go and prepare a place for you, 
I will come again and receive you unto myself, that 
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60 And whither I go ye* know, and ye know 
the way. 

61 There the blessings and glory of God shall 
surpass the knowledge of mortal man. 

62 I will not leave you comfortless. I will pray 
the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, 
that shall abide with you forever; even the Spirit of 
truth, whom the world cannot receive. 

63 Peace I give unto you, my peace I leave 
with you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 

64 Let not thy heart be troubled, neither let 
it be afraid. 

65 I go away, and again I shall come unto you 
and receive you to myself. 

66 In the world ye shall have your tribulations, 
but we shall all meet again in heaven, where God 
shall wipe away all tears from all eyes, and all sorrow 
from all hearts. 

67 Be patient and of good cheer, for I have 
overcome the world. 

CHRIST^S PRAYER. 

68 Then Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and 
said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that 
thy Son may glorify thee. 

69 I have glorified thee on earth: I have fin- 
ished the work thou gavest me to do. 

70 And now glorify me, O Father, with thine 
own glory which I had with thee before the world 
was. 

71 I have manifested thy name to the people 
of this world that thou gavest me. 

72 I have given unto them the words thou 
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the gospel and make thy will known, so I have sent 
my disciples. 

73 Now I come unto thee, and as I have glori- 
fied thee on earth, glorify me in heaven. 

74 Of all thou gavest me in this world, I have 
lost none, except Satan, the son of perdition. 

75 I pray for my disciples, and for all the peo- 
ple of this earth, which are here in this world, and 
for all who may come after them in thy holy name. 

76 Father, I will that where I am they may 
be also. 

77 Sanctify them through thy truth. 

78 THY WORD IS TRUTH. 

79 And thine shall be the kingdon, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 



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CHAPTER XVI. 

Christ would not flee — His agony in the garden — His 

iarrest — Peter cut off one of Malchus's ears — Christ healed it — 

jHe that taketh the sword shall perish by the sword — Peter 

(denied Christ — Jesus was taken before the high priest — He 

.avowed that he was Christ — Had spoken nothing in secret — An 

(Officer strikes Jesus — Crowing of the cock — Peter wept — Jesus 

1 taken before Pilate for trial — Judas was so grieved that he 

] hanged himself — Jesus was tried first before Pilate, who 

: acquitted him — On a demand by the priests, he was sent be- 

- fore Herod, who acquitted him — Pilate acquitted him agaim — 

; But, for fear of Caesar, Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified — 

His crucifixion — His resurrection — On the cross he forgives 

his slayers — Committed his mother to John's care — At his 

death angels appear — Also at his resurrection and ascension. 

1 When Jesus ended his farewell to his disci- 
ples, lie was yet at liberty, and if he had so desired, 
he might have escaped out of Judea, in any direction. 

2 But lie led His disciples from Mount Olivet 
down to the brook Cedron near by Jerusalem, and 
there they entered into a garden called Gethsem- 
ane, as they were wont to do. 

3 Then Jesus saith unto them. All ye shall be 
offended because of me this night, for the sbepherd 
shall be smitten and the flock shall be scattered. 

4 But Peter answered. Though all men shall 
ibe offended, I will not. 

5 Jesus said unto him. Verily I say unto thee, 
This night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt 
<deny me thrice. Peter said, I will die with thee and 
.not deny thee, and so said all his disciples. 

6 Jesus said, Now is my soul troubled. What 
shall I say? shall I say, Father, save me from this 
hour? But for this cause, came I unto this hour. 

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voice from heaven, saying, I have glorified it, and 
will glorify it again. 

8 The people said it thundered; others said an 
angel spoke. Jesus said, This voice came not for my 
sake, but your sakes. 

9 Then Jesus said to his disciples. Sit ye here 
till I go and pray. And he took some of his dis- 
ciples, and he prayed, saying : 

10 O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me: nevertheless, thy will be done^ and not 
mine, 

11 Then he came to his disciples, and found 
them heavy with sleep. He went away the second 
time and prayed, saying. Father, if this cup may 
not pass away from me except I drink it. Thy will 

be done. And he prayed the third time, saying the 
same. 

1 2 And Christ was in an agony when he prayed, 
and his sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood 
falling down to the ground. And there appeared 
an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 
(Luke xxii. 43.) When he arose from prayer, he 
found his disciples asleep. 

13 And he said unto them, Rise. And behold a 
multitude came out from Jerusalem, sent by the 
chief priests and elders, with swords and staves, to 
take Jesus, and they were led by Judas, who betrayed 
him with a kiss. 

14 Jesus said unto them. Whom seek ye ? and 
they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus then said unto 
them, / am he, 

15 Then they went backward and fell to the 
ground. Then Jesus said again, Whom seek ye ? 
and they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 



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16 Jesus saith, I told ye I am lie: therefore if 
ye seek me, let tliese my disciples go their way. 

17 Then Peter drew his sword and he smote 
the high priest's servant and cut off his right .ear. 
That servant's name was Malchus. 

18 Then Jesus said unto Peter, Put up thy 
sword, for all that taketh the sword shall perish by 
the sword, and the cup which my Father hath given 
me, shall I not drink it? Jesus then touched the 
ear of Malchus, and it was healed. 

19 He then, voluntarily, surrendered his body 
to the chief priests and elders. 

20 Then the band and captain and of&cers of 
the Jews took Jesus and bound him. 

21 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, 
elders and captain of the temple which came unto 
him. 

22 Be ye come out as against a thief, with 
swords and staves? I was daily in the temple teach- 
ing, and ye laid no hand on me. 

23 Then they led him away to Annas first, 
and then to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year 
and the son-in-law of Annas. 

24 His disciple John followed and went into 
the priest's palace with Jesus, for he was acquainted 
with him. And Peter followed and stood without 
the door. 

25 Then John spake to her that kept the door, 
and brought Peter in. 

26 Then she said unto Peter, Art thou not 
also one of this man's disciples? And Peter saith, I 
am not. 

27 The high priest then asked Jesus of his dis- 
ciples and doctrines. And Jesus answered him, 
saying, 



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28 I spake openly to the world; I ever taught 
in the temple and synagogue, whither the Jews 
always resort; a7id in secret have I said nothing, 

29 They know my doctrines; ask them. Then 
one of the officers struck Jesus on the face. Jesus 
said unto him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of 
it; but if well, why smitest thou me? 

30 ' Peter stood and warmed himself, and they 
said to him, Art thou not one of his disciples? Peter 
again denied it. 

31 Then cometh one of the maids of the high 
priest and said unto Peter, Thou art surely one of 
his disciples, and Peter, with an oath, denied his 
Master. 

32 Then the cock crew, and Peter remembered 
his Master's words, and went out aiid wept. 

33 This was about 2 o'clock Friday morning 
in April, A. D. 33 of Christ's birth. 

34 Then the chief priests and elders and all the 
Jewish council sought false witnesses against Jesus 
to put him to death, but found none, but many came. 
At length two came, but their witness did not agree. 

35 They sought witnesses from Galilee, his 
own country, but found none. 

36 Then the high priest questioned Jesus 
again, but he held his peace. 

37 Then the high priest said unto Jesus, I 
adjure thee by the living God, tell us whether 
thou be the Christ, the Son of the living God. 

38 Then Jesus said, / am. And ye shall see 
me sitting on the right hand of the power of God^ and 
of glory. 

39 Then the high priest rent his clothes, say- 
ing, What need have we of more witnesses? He hath 
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40 And they say, He is guilty of death. And 
then spit on Jesus and beat him. 

41 When the morning was come, all the chief 
priests and the elders took counsel against Jesus to 
put him to death. 

42 They said, Behold, the world has gone after 
him. And when they had bound him, they led him 
to Pilate, the governor, for trial. 

43 Then Judas Iscariot repented, when he saw 
the reality of his Master's situation, and he brought 
back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests 
and elders, saying, I have betrayed innocent blood. 

44 And they said unto him. What is that to 
us ? See thou to that. 

45 And he cast down the thirty pieces of silver 
in the temple, and was so overwhelmed with sorrow 
and grief that he went out and hanged himself. 

46 Pilate entered the judgment hall, and the 
chief priests and elders and multitude began to accuse 
Jesus, saying. We found this fellow perverting the 
nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and 
saying himself is Christ, a king. 

47 Pilate asked Jesus if he was a king. Jesus 
said unto him. My kingdom is not of this world. 

48 Pilate said to the chief priests, and the peo- 
ple, I find no fault in him. 

49 They were the more fierce, saying. He stirs 
up the people throughout all Jewry, beginning at 
Cana in Galilee. 

50 When Pilate heard that Jesus was a Gali- 
lean, he sent him to Herod, the tetrarch of Galilee, 
because he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction. 

51 But Herod had come to Jerusalem, and they 
immediately carried Jesus before Herod for trial. 



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52 Herod was exceedingly glad when he saw 
Jesus, for he hoped to see him perform a miracle.. 

53 He questioned him with many words;, the 
chief priests and scribes stood by and accused him 
vehemently. 

54 Herod found Jesus not guilty also^ but^ at 
the instance of his accusers, set him at naught with 
his men of war and mocked him in a gorgeous robe, 
and sent him back to Pilate. 

55 Then Pilate entered the judgment hall 
again, and called Jesus and tried him a second time. 

5 6 Pilate saith unto Jesus, Art thou the king of 
the Jews ? Jesus answered him, saying. My king- 
dom is not of this world. If it were, then would my 
disciples fight, that I should not be delivered to the 
Jews. 

57 To this end was I born, and for this cause 
camel into this world, that I should bear witness 
unto the truth. 

58 Pilate saith unto Jesus, What is truth? 
Then Jesus said, God's word I have spoken is truth. " 

59 Pilate called the chief priests, and the 
rulers, and the people, and said unto them, Ye have 
brought this man before me as one that perverteth 
the people, and behold I have examined him before 
you and found no fault in him. 

60 No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you to him, 
and lo, he found nothing worthy of death in him. 

61 Therefore I will chastise him and release 
him. But they cried out. Crucify him, crucify him. 

62 Then Pilate for the third time said unto 
them. Why, what evil hath he done? 

63 Then they cried out. If thou let this man 
go, thou art not Caesar's friend. 



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64 Whoso maketh himself a king speaketh 
against Csesar. 

65 Pilate feared Csesar, and when he heard that, 
and that he could not prevail, and that a tumult was 
about to be made, he took water and washed his 
hands, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just 
man. See ye to it. Then they said, His blood be 
on us and our children. And Pilate delivered Jesus 
to them to be crucified. 

66 Jesus had no advocate except Pilate's wife, 
Claudia Procula, who sent word to him to have 
nothing to do with that just man. 

67 The soldiers of Pilate took Jesus, and 
gathered the whole band of soldiers, and put a scar- 
let robe on him, and a crown of thorns on his head, 
and a reed in his right hand, and mocked him. 

68 They spit on him, and broke the reed over 
his head; then they led him away to Calvary. 

69 There followed a great multitude of people 
and women which bewailed and lamented. Jesus, 
turning, said unto them. Daughters of Jerusalem, 
weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and your 
children; for desolation will come on you. 

70 When they were come to Calvary, there they 
nailed him to the cross, and crucified him. This 
was about midday on Friday after the full moon in 
April, A. D. 33. 

71 They parted his raiment and cast lots for it. 

72 Jesus, when suffering on the cross, prayed 
to his Father in heaven, saying. Fat her ^forgive them; 
for they know not what they do. 

73 There stood by the cross of Jesus, Mary his 
aged mother, and his mother's sister Mary the wife 
of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene, and his beloved 



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disciple JoHn, and other women and disciples who 
came with Jesus out of Galilee. 

74 And when Jesus saw his mother and his 
disciple John,. he with tender love committed her to 
the care of that disciple, and from that day John 
took her into his own house. 

75 Near the ninth hour, or 3 o'clock p. M., Jesus 
cried and said with a loud voice. My God, my God, 
why hast thou forsaken me? 

76 Jesus next said, I thirst. And they gave 
him vinegar on a sponge, and he received it. 

77 Jesus cried again in a loud voice, Father ^ 
into thy hands I commend my spirit, 

78 Then they gave him wine mingled with 
myrrh, but he received it not. 

79 Then Jesus said. It is finished. And he 
bowed his head and gave up the ghost. 

80 Then the soldiers pierced his side, and forth 
there came blood and water. 

81 Now from twelve to three o'clock p. m. dark- 
ness prevailed, and as Jesus gave up the ghost the 
earth did quake and the rocks were rended, and the 
vail of the temple was rent. 

82 And angels appeared. 

83 When the centurion saw these things, he 
said. Truly this was the Son of God. 

84 When the evening was come, there came 
Joseph, a rich man and an honorable counsellor of 
Arimathea, and he went boldly to Pilate and asked 
him for the body of Jesus, that he might bury it. 

85 Pilate granted his request, and gave com- 
mandment that Jesus' body be delivered to him. And 
the centurion gave the body of Jesus to Joseph. 

86 Then came Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, 



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and they toot the body of Jesus and wound it in 
fine linen clothes with spices. 

87 In the place where Jesus was crucified there 
Was a garden, and there was Joseph^s own new tomb 
hewn out in the rock, wherein man was never laid 
before, and they laid Jesus' body in it, and rolled 
a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and de- 
parted. And the women were helping and watching. 

88 The next day the chief priests and scribes 
came to Pilate, saying, We remember that Jesus said. 
After three days I will rise again. Command there- 
fore that the sepulchre be made sure till the third 
day. 

89 Pilate said. Ye have a watch of soldiers: go 
your way, and make it sure as ye can. 

90 So they went and made the sepulchre sure, 
sealing the great stone and setting the watch, 

9 1 Two thieves were crucified with Jesus. One 
of them said. We suffer justly; but this man Jesus 
hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, 
Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy 
kingdom. 

' 92 And Jesus said unto, him, This day shall 
thou be with me in pai^adise. 



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CHAPTER XVII. 

His ascension to heaven — His commissions to the women 
and disciples — Christ afterwards preaches to the spirits in hell 
— Makes a prison deliver}^ — Conclusion of the whole matter — 
Love God and keep his commandments in thy strength and 
manhood as well as in sickness and old age. 

1 Then early in the Sabbath, as the day began 
to dawn, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesus, 
and Mary the mother of James, and Joanna, and 
Salome, and other women which came with Jesus out 
of Galilee, came to th6 sepulchre of Jesus. 

2 And behold there was a great earthquake, 
for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and 
came and rolled the great stone back from the door 
of the sepulchre, and sat upon it. 

3 His countenance was like lightning and his 
raiment was white as snow. 

4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake 
and became as dead men. 

6 The women were affrighted, and the angel 
answered, and said unto them, 

6 Fear not ye; for I know ye seek Jesus of 
Nazareth, who was crucified. He is not here. Come 
and see the place w^here the Lord lay, and go quickly 
and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. 

7 And, as commanded by the great angel, they 
went to the sepulchre, and some of them entered in 
at the door, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 

8 They were much perplexed, and behold two 
angek stood beside them in shining garments, and 
the women bowed their faces to the earth, when the 
angels said unto them : Why seek ye the living 



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among the dead? He is not here, but is risen from 
the dead. Go tell his disciples. 

9 Afterwards others saw another angel, a young 
man clothed in white, and yet other angels. 

10 And as they went to tell his disciples, Mary 
Magdalene was behind the others, and was weeping. 
Jesus met them, but withheld their eyes. As he 
came to Mary, he said. Woman, why weepest thou ? 
Mary answered. Sir, they have taken the body of my 
Lord. Tell me where they laid him, and I will take 
him away. 

11 Jesus said unto her, Mary. And she turned 
and said unto him, Master. Then Jesus said to the 
other women. All hail. And then their eyes were 
opened and they knew him also, and they all ran to 
worship him. 

12 Jesus commanded them to touch him not, 
as he had not ascended to the Father; but the women 
laid hold of his feet and worshiped him. 

13 Jesus told them to be not afraid, but go and 
tell his disciples. 

14 Then they w^ent and told his disciples that 
Jesus had arisen from the dead, and that they had 
seen a vision of angels, and then had seen Jesus. 

15 Peter and John ran ta the sepulchre, and 
found it as the women told them. 

16 Other women went to the sepulchre about 
sunrise, and saw an angel, a young man, sitting on 
the right side of it. 

17 Then that same Sabbath Jesus manifested 
himself unto two of his apostles as a stranger, ex- 
pounding the Scriptures, and then as their Lord and 
Master, and then vanished out of their sight at 
Emmaus, near Jerusalem. 

18 These same two apostles went that same 



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night to Jerusalem and met the other seven apos* 
ties in a room, and told them they had seen Jesus 
and talked with him, and the doors were shut. 

19 And as they spoke, Jesus stood in the midst 
of them, and they were affrighted, and supposed 
they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Be 
not afraid. Peace be unto you. It is I, 

20 He asked them why they were troubled 
and why thoughts arose in their hearts. 

21 Then he showed them the prints of the 
nails in his hands and feet, and of the spear in his 
side, made when he was crucified. 

22 He ate broiled fish and honeycomb before 
them, and said unto them, A spirit hath not flesh and 
bones as ye see me. 

23 Then he opened up their understanding, 
that they might interpret the Scriptures. 

24 Then Jesus appeared unto his disciples at 
the sea of Galilee, and to many of them and his 
brethren on the mount in Galilee, where he first 
preached the gospel of the kingdom of God. 

25 He appeared in angel form and also in 
human form, and convinced the doubting that he was 
surely arisen from the dead. 

26 He was seen by hundreds of honorable men 
and women, and who knew him personally, after he 
was crucified, dead, and buried, and these facts were 
vouched for by them while life lasted, and many of 
them suffered death rather than retract their witness, 
or deny their Master and Savior. 

27 Jesus remained on this earth about forty 
days after his crucifixion; and when ascension day 
was come, which was in May, A. D. 33, he led his 
disciples out as far as Bethany, about three miles 
from Jerusalem. 



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28 And then lie showed himself alive after his 
passion to many of his disciples and brethren. 

29 And lie saith unto tHem, Peace be unto you. 
As my Father sent me, so I send you into the 
world. 

30 Then lie breathed on them, and said. Receive 
ye the Holy Ghost. And then Jesus said unto them. 
It was meet that I should have suffered and have 
died and to arise from the dead on the third day, that 
repentance, and observance of the commandments, 
and remission of sins should be preached in all na- 
tions, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses 
of these things. 

31 Then he saith to the women. Go to my 
brethren and tell them I ascend to my Father and 
your Father, and to my God and your God. 

32 And to his disciples he saith. All power in 
heaven and earth is given unto me. 

33 Go ye therefore into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. He that be- 
lieveth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that 
believeth not shall be damned. (See Mark xvi. 15.) 

34 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things I 
have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, 
even unto the end of the world. (Matt, xxviii. 19.) 

35 Then Jesus lifted up his hands and blessed 
his disciples and the world; and as he was blessing 
them, he was slowly carried up into heaven, and a 
cloud received him out of sight. 

36 And two angels stood beside them in white 
apparel, and while Christ's disciples were still look- 
ing up into heaven, they said unto them. Why stand 



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ye gazing up to heaven ? This same Jesus, which 
is taken from you up into heaven, shall again return 
to you as ye have seen him go up to heaven. 

37 And the disciples worshiped Jesus, and 
returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were con- 
tinually in the temple praising and blessing God, 
till they began to preach the gospel again. 

38 Soon after our Lord and Master was cruci- 
fied and ascended to heaven, and in the lifetime of 
his apostle Peter, he went from the right hand of 
the power of God, and preached the gospel to the 
spirits in the prison of hell. 

39 His mission was to preach the gospel to the 
dead, that they might be judged according to men in 
the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 

40 His mission to the spirits in prison, who 
were sometimes disobedient in this life, was to bring 
them to God. 

41 He preached his gospel to the sinners in 
the prison of hell; they heard it ; they believed it; 
and they repented and were restored to reason, and 
they remembered their Father in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

42 And on the invitation of our Lord, they 
arose up and went with him and his holy angels to 
their Father in heaven. 

43 He met them with the same compassion and 
joy with which he met his prodigal son, and gave 
them the same royal reception, feast, and banquet. 

44 And he rewarded them for every good deed 
they had done in this life; their evil deeds had been 
destroyed by repentance. 

46 It was Christ's mission to them to bring 
them to God. 



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46 Our Lord and Master preached the gospel 
and gave up the ghost for all, the just for the unjust, 
that he might bring them all unto God, in due 
season. 

47 He is gone to heaven and is on the right 
hand of God, angels and authorities and powers 
being made subject unto him. Hear ye him. 

48 For blessed are the dead which die in the 
Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labors; and their works do 
follow them. 

49 And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. 
And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him 
that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him 
come and take of the waters of life freely. 

50 And every creature which is in heaven, and 
on the. earth, and under the earth, and such as are 
in the sea, and all that are in them, John Divine 
heard saying. Blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power be unto him that sitteth on the throne, and 
unto the Lord for ever and ever. 

51 The commandments, the promises and rev- 
elations of God to man, are written in the starry 
heavens, and in the earth, and in the hearts of men. 

52 And the world has no excuse for unbelief 
nor for willful sins. 

53 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole 
matter. Love God and keep his commandments ; for 
this is the whole duty of man. 

54 For God shall bring every work into judg- 
ment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, 
or whether it be evil. 

55 Remember now thy Creator in the days of 
thy youth, and of thy strength, and of thy manhood, 



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and before the feebleness of sickness and old age and 
death shall come nigh unto you. 

56 And receive a full reward in heaven for 
your good conduct in: this world. 

Amen. 



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